The Ara Institute of Canterbury's new trades building in Timaru is one step closer to welcoming students and providing a mix of engineering spaces for multiple learning streams, including gas and electric welding, lathe and machining and fabrication.

Canterbury businesses will be breathing a small sigh of relief as interest rates start to fall, following today’s OCR announcement by the Reserve Bank.

An innovative nitrogen budgeting tool has been launched to help vegetable growers reduce environmental impact, increase efficiency, and promote sustainable agricultural practices.