While studying medicine at the University of Otago, Claire Reilly and her peers discussed which disease was the worst with which to be diagnosed. Then in 2006, while she was working as a medical administrator at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Dr Reilly began tripping up and having difficulty with buttons.… Read More »Locked in a body that doesn't work
Less than 15 percent of those enrolled to vote have taken advantage of web-based voter information applications ahead of tomorrow’s election. Websites such as Vote Compass, Candidate and On the Fence are designed to condense relevant political issues and give voters an indication of which party best represents their views.… Read More »More than one in ten resort to voter apps
Blenheim woman Crystal Port bought a car off Trade Me so she could take her family to Christchurch to visit her father during his cancer treatment. But they only made it to Kaikoura before the car broke down, four days after it was purchased. The 1994 Honda Odyssey cost Port… Read More »Family stranded after buying dodgy car
Students are testing a bike-sharing system at the University of Canterbury to see if there is demand for a larger, fully automated bike share scheme worth about $20,000. The trial began in July, with 10 bikes available for daily use to help students and staff travel on and around campus.Students’… Read More »UC students trial bike share scheme
By Samantha Gee for the Christchurch Mail An avid skater, Scotty Buckner has been teaching kids to skate since he was a kid himself. He was 12 when he started working part-time at Cheapskates, and was still working there when he was approached to run the Cheapskates Skate Skool, New… Read More »Skate 'skool' gets students on a roll
By Samantha Gee and Kyle Knowles for The Press Earthquake-affected Cantabrians are feeling more tired and overwhelmed than ever, new research shows. A survey of 800 residents found almost two-thirds felt tired – up 10 per cent on 2012 – and fewer than half were regularly sleeping well. Huntsbury resident… Read More »Research shows Christchurch residents still affected by quakes
Owners of Christchurch’s only central-city cinema, Alice Cinematheque, plan to open a second theatre later this year based at The Tannery in Woolston. Alice’s managing director Jeremy Stewart said the expansion would enable the cinema to offer a bigger selection of movies. The theatre was the first and only cinema to open within… Read More »Alice Cinematheque to open second theatre
