He will soon be regarded as our arch rugby enemy, but last night Crusaders coach Robbie Deans was honoured by a host of big sporting names for his huge contribution to the New Zealand game.
Deans, who has led his beloved Canterbury franchise to a record four Super rugby titles, controversially missed out on the All [...]

aura Casey is facing the reality of turning off life-support for her husband, Seamus Casey, after the celebrated young Christchurch opera singer was hit by a car, leaving him in a coma in Sydney.
Casey, 27, attended Burnside High School and did a Diploma of Performing Arts at the Hagley Theatre Company before moving offshore to [...]

Recycled crushed glass and wine are proving to be a winning combination.
Two years into a four-year trial, about 35 tonnes of crushed glass has been laid at the base of pinot noir grape vines at Sandihurst winery in West Melton, near Christchurch.
It was thought the sun reflecting off the glass mulch would produce better tasting [...]

Retirement village developer Vision Senior Living has begun construction at the former rugby league ground at Carlaw Park in Parnell, Auckland, where 300-400 people will live once the $120 million project is complete.
Vision founder Peter Bourke said demand remained strong in the retirement market despite the housing downturn.
“[Parnell] is not on the market and it’s [...]

Detective Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas said the body had been taken to Christchurch Mortuary and a post mortem examination would be carried out tomorrow.
Fifteen-year-old Marie disappeared from her house 12 days ago, sparking an intensive police investigation.
The number of police working on Maries disappearance had increased since the discovery of the body this morning.
Ms [...]

Police said a body had been found, but could not confirm the identity.
Marie, 15, has not been seen since Saturday, April 5. Police have ruled out a runaway scenario and feared something sinister, such as abduction or homicide.
About 10 searchers with machetes were combing the area about 8.5 km upstream from the Waimakariri Bridge on [...]

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Detective Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas said the body had been taken to Christchurch Mortuary and a post mortem examination would be carried out tomorrow.
Thebody had been found about 3km upstream from the Waimakariri Bridge on State Highway 1, but could not confirm the identity other than to say the body was female.
Marie, [...]

Williams 21-year North Canterbury cricket career started and ended with the Hawke Cup, which is one of the oldest trophies in the sport in New Zealand and the symbol of minor cricket association supremacy.
%26quot;We won the cup in my first year. It was 1967 and we played Manawatu.
%26quot;It was a shock and a thrill to [...]

Bond needs a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from New Zealand Cricket (NZC) before he can be registered.
But because he signed for the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL), he was banned by NZC and, as a result, it declined to give him an NOC because he was no longer considered to be its responsibility.
That appeared to [...]

The pair both passed fitness tests in Christchurch on Tuesday Mills on his knee and Oram his hip proving they had overcome the niggles that ruled them out of the third test against England last month.
Mills flies out tomorrow to link with his Mohali team while Oram will join team-mates, including compatriot Stephen [...]