Daniel Alvey
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- Sep 15, 2026
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Most vehicles stuck to the limit before speed hump trial started (opens the original)
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Data shows most vehicles using a now-busy road in a Canterbury township were travelling at or below the speed limit before measures were put in place to slow them down. But Springs Ward Selwyn district councillor Denise Carrick, who campaigned for the changes, is standing by her belief that vehicles are travelling too fast on Lincoln’s Southfield Dr, despite residents’ complaints about the noise being caused by the new speed humps. The rubber speed cushions were installed on Southfield Dr near E
Wolfbrook pushes ahead with plan to build new homes next to domain (opens the original)
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Christchurch-based property developer Wolfbrook has resubmitted plan to build 69 homes on a 2ha site in the Selwyn district. The company’s original application to build on the site near Prebbleton Domain was returned by the Selwyn District Council as incomplete because it did not show how the Tosswill Rd site would be serviced by the drinking water and wastewater networks. The resubmission was made on the same day as a community meeting where residents raised concerns about the development, part
Staff describe the moment a ute barrelled into their Canterbury hotel (opens the original)
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Staff at a Canterbury hotel have described the sound of a ute crashing into the bar as “like an earthquake”. The crash happened just after 6pm on Friday at the Dunsandel Cafe and Bar on Main South Rd in the Selwyn district. The ute was being driven by a 16-year-old who was turning off State Highway 1 into the car park at the front of the hotel but failed to stop. The ute then crashed into the hotel and CCTV footage shows it hitting a table where three people were sitting. One patron was seriousl
Forestry graduate growing young minds in Canterbury (opens the original)
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After more than 25 years at Ellesmere College, Antony French has gone from classroom teacher to principal, but his passion for helping students become good people remains at the heart of his career. Daniel Alvey reports On December 21, 2000, Antony French walked into Ellesmere College as a teacher. Twenty-four years later, on the same day, he walked into the principal’s office. “It was quite special and quite an unusual coincidence,” he said. For the 53-year-old, however, becoming a teacher was
More vehicles, crashes and costs: Council to target riskiest intersections (opens the original)
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A new report has detailed the staggering social cost of crashes in the Selwyn district. Between January 1 2020, and December 31 2025, 620 crashes were recorded, including four fatal crashes, 67 serious injury crashes, 197 minor injury crashes and 352 non-injury crashes. “The estimated social cost of these crashes is $203.33 million,” a report to district councillors this week said. The social cost of road crashes measures the total economic and human impact of accidents on society, including los
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