Facing a rapidly ageing population, the Ashburton District has received a funding boost to prepare an age friendly action ...

The land between the Rakaia and the Rangitata rivers boasted bountiful mahinga kai (food gathering sites), sites for seasonal settlement and important waterways which tangata whenua used frequently ...

Ashburton’s population officially grew by 61 this week, with over a fifth moving from the Philippines. Residents from the ...

Severe traffic congestion is holding up truckies in Ashburton, forcing drivers to breach their legal driving hours, an ...

Ashburton council is considering all options for the future of a popular annual market after retailers complained the road ...

A Mid Canterbury rural advocate has called the government’s proposed bus route funding cuts counterintuitive. The Ministry of ...

The number of whooping cough cases in the latest epidemic has surpassed the 1000 mark - with 135 in Canterbury. By last ...

Rob Reid and Chris Robertson can’t hide their excitement and nor should they. The Braided Rivers Community Trust CEO and ...

Foundational members of Waipukurau branch of the Red Cross Society in Russell Park, Waipukurau, 1914 (from left): Mrs Rose ...

Christmas might come early in Ashburton. Ashburton mayor Neil Brown visited Wellington recently for a Local Government NZ ...

A Mid Canterbury councillor is backing the regional council's decision to pause work on its new Regional Policy Statement to ...

A Methven man who took a spanner to a man’s car appeared in the Ashburton District Court. Jordan Teihoka Barry Philp, 25, ...