Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury

Local Democracy reporter David Hill will talk about Waimakariri, Hurunui and Kaikoura District Councils looking to pass their annual rates rises of 5.97, 7.49 and 5 per cent respectively with roading high on all three councils' spending plans. A population boom has Waimakariri, Selwyn and Christchurch councils looking at where to put an extra 77,000 homes over the next 30 years. And Rangiora High School isn't happy with the curriculum review, describing it as "back to 1986".