An increase in health applications [apps] available to smartphone users is worrying health professionals. More than two-thirds of mobile phone users in New Zealand have a smartphone and can access hundreds of apps related to health and wellbeing. Some health professionals are worried the use of those apps could lead… Read More »Fears health apps could lead to misdiagnosis
After four years operating out of a truck, Christchurch student radio station RDU finally has a new home. The station was left homeless after the February, 2011 earthquakes wrecked its studio in the University of Canterbury Students’ Association (UCSA) building. Its new premises are in the new Boxed Quarter for… Read More »New home for student radio station RDU
Redcliffs resident Darren Fidler knows how to turn heads. Four mornings a week, he bikes the 12 kilometres from Redcliffs in Christchurch to his workplace in Edgeware wearing a brightly-coloured, animal-themed onesie. Fidler, an engineering consultant who holds a PhD in mathematics, says the idea of the onesie came from… Read More »Cyclist's onesie brings out smiles
A smelly Christchurch factory has been given two years to stop producing its offensive odours. Environment Canterbury (ECan) commissioners have approved an exemption for Gelita’s Woolston factory. The factory turns bovine hides into gelatin-producing products ranging from confectionary to pill capsules. The commissioners granted Gelita a two-year exemption from a… Read More »Factory given two years to combat smell
Thunder, hail and plunging temperatures didn’t stop Canterbury University students from flocking to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry on Tuesday. Many of the 500 students gathered in the central quad to see the royal were forced to retreat temporarily into the Puaka-James Hight library when hail set in. Second-year Law and Commerce student… Read More »UC students brave hail, rain to see Prince Harry
Burglars have been targeting Canterbury University student flats, looking for expensive electronics and taking advantage of poor security. Police have increased patrols in the area in response to the spike in burglaries. Engineering student George Russon was burgled in the night last month. He said while he was sleeping a… Read More »Varsity students targeted by burglars
When most people at the mall are wearing jumpers and long trousers on a cool autumn day, Peter Rejcek is in shorts. The reason being the The Antarctic Sun editor has just spent more than four months on the world’s coldest continent. Antarctica’s only newspaper dates to 1960, when US… Read More »Antarctic newspaper editor serves cold truth
Wayne Tewnion’s quandary over a nearby quarry could spell trouble for his truffle business. The Yaldhurst resident, who owns Tewnion Truffière truffle farm on Old West Coast Rd, said dust from a planned nearby quarry expansion could harm the 600 hazelnut and English oak trees that nurture his black Périgord… Read More »Yaldhurst residents concerned about quarry dust
Christchurch has been worked into a tizzy by the film Fifty Shades of Grey. The steamy flick, based on the best-selling erotic novel of the same name by E.L. James, has raked in $2.83 million since debuting on February 12 according to Box Office Mojo, eclipsing The Wolf of Wall… Read More »Christchurch hot and bothered by Fifty Shades
A Christchurch theatre company needs to raise at least $1 million to restore the Mill Theatre in Addington. The theatre was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquakes and closed to the public, and four years on the Riccarton Players are still performing in other halls, theatres, and spaces across… Read More »Riccarton Players aim to restore Mill Theatre
