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Canterbury Sporting Hall of Fame
Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust Canterbury Sportsperson of the Year Awards. Began in 1991. Awards include junior, senior, male and female sportspersons, teams, coaches, disabled sportspersons, administrators.

Fox and Ferret Ale House
English style bar and restaurant with pubs in Shirley and Riccarton. Online menus - breakfast and all day.

Divine Cakes and Desserts
Firm specializes in cakes and desserts. Wedding and special occasion cakes, gift baskets. Online catalogue. Bakery and shop in Riccarton, shop in the Palms at Shirley.

Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

The new national encyclopedia Te Ara is now live online at www.TeAra.govt.nz. It was launched on Tuesday 8 February.

"Te Ara is the world's first national encyclopedia developed specifically for the web and it is packed with images, text, video, sound recordings, immediate as only an online resource can be."

News & Events

Heritage and History @ localeye

Sat 19 Feb Aquafest Ashburton 
Sat 19 - Tues 22 Feb  Creative Fibre Festival 
Sat 19 - Sun 20 Feb Body, Mind & Spirit Festival
Sun 20 Feb  Barrington Big Fun 
Fri 25 - Sun 27 Feb Mt Cook The Bloody Good Race 
Fri 25 - Sun 27 Feb  Rakaia Salmon Fishing Competition 
Sat 26 Feb  Bromley Carnival 
Sat 26 Feb  Avalanche Peak Challenge 
Sun 27 Feb  Canterbury Wine and Food festival 
Mon 28 Feb The Samurai - History of Japan 
Heritage and History is an interesting localeye category and it has been broken down into subheadings including:
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localeye Facts & Figures February 2005