A woman fed up with seeing near-misses is campaigning for State Highway 1 between Rolleston and Ashburton to be increased to four lanes. Rachel Gillard-Tew launched a petition this week calling on the ...

Maysie Willis with one of her exquisite pencil drawings. Last year, she won the top local award at Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition, which opens again on Monday night ...

Health New Zealand lifted its algal bloom health warning at Lake Hood. The popular man-made lake near Ashburton was issued the health warning on March 20. Recent water testing at Lake Hood has shown ...

Councillor Lynette Lovett will not seek re-election on the Ashburton District Council after taking her children's advice. Nominations for the local body elections open today (July 4). Lovett, a ...

Longbeach School students at the school's very first Matariki event. Front row, Annabel George (left), Fergus Stoddart, Ben Mckerchar, Fraser Bell, Genevieve Sheldon, Hazel Molloy. Back row, Hugo ...

The Ashburton Market Day has historically closed East Street from Havelock Street down to Moore Street, but the Ashburton District Council has now restricted road closures in that area to outside ...

Fewer games are in store for NBS’s Men’s League basketballers following a team pulling out of the competition. Wednesday’s competitors all came in swinging, some harder than others, like the Checkers ...

The late Chris Allen has been recognised for his work in agriculture and conservation with a national award. The Ashburton farmer, who passed away following an accident last year, received the Rural ...

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“Finding solace in a glass pipe" A judge apprehensively hopes a Netherby man can “shake methamphetamine” before it consumes him. Zack Scott, 31, was charged with possessing an offensive weapon, a ...