David Hill

North Canterbury principals have responded to comments from Associate Education Minister David Seymour suggesting schools will no longer be allowed to hold teacher-only days during the school term.

Could an AI bot become the mayor of Kaikōura in 2075? The district council has been imagining what the town might look like in 50 years.

A local resident had noticed two penguins trying to hide in rocks, one penguin was bleeding and appeared to be injured, while the other was covered in blood.

Turning down the lights will give Kaikōura's struggling Hutton's shearwater birds ''a fighting chance'', a local wildlife advocate says.