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Declining groundwater levels are linked to the increase in irrigation in Mid Canterbury over the past decade, the Ashburton Zone Committee has (more)

Twenty children from the ages of five to 10 had a sticky morning at the Winchmore Hall yesterday as they pasted alongside members of the (more)

In the past decade more than 1000 wells have been sunk in the Hinds plains area. Environment Canterbury senior hydrologist Patrick Durney (more)

Most kids dream of sticking their teacher to a wall and Netherby School students did just that yesterday. However, the kids were helping (more)

Lauriston School students have taken inspiration from television show The Block for an enterprising project to grow vegetables and edible (more)

The 150-or-so kids at Hinds School had to be prised off their new playground yesterday to eat. The state-of-the-art playground was (more)

One of the huge strengths of the Ashburton District today is that we have moved so far from our white, middle class, Anglo-Saxon (more)

Baring Square Church Ashburton has a glowing list of impressive new amenities created over the past 15 or so years. Lake Hood, the (more)

Wheelie bins cost My current rates are $2363 and a 13 per cent increase will lift this to $2670. I only put out one rubbish bag every (more)

Ten-year-olds tend to shy away from swinging fire through the air but it is a bit different if your family runs a circus. Dylan Ashton, (more)

The huge fundraising effort that is needed to building a new care facility for Methven’s elderly has been given a significant boost by one (more)

Despite the constantly increasing enchantment with both SUVs and utes, there are still a good number of people (me included) who prefer (more)

It’s hard to imagine the horrors that greeted New Zealand soldiers when they entered the Battle of the Somme. The many young Ashburton (more)

Finding items or subjects to write about for this column isn’t always easy. As far as the objects go, I tend to write about things I (more)

In the shadows of the night, a veiled woman lurked in the garden, staring at the house. Watching, waiting. It all started with a mysterious (more)

Children will be using dots and dashes of colour to create Ashburton’s official Christmas card, this year. The Ashburton Art (more)

The Ashburton Boulevard Day is being considered a success despite the bad weather. About 8000 to 10,000 people attended this year’s (more)

Ashburton’s community foodbank is empty, but four local businesses have joined forces to restock the shelves. The food drive started (more)

Brent MacGregor was just a schoolboy in short pants when he started learning the grocery trade; 45 years later he’s looking forward to (more)

Seventy-six years ago this week a vehicle born of necessity made its debut. It gained iconic status almost immediately. And it’s never (more)

Lindsay Holland and the Ashburton District Family History Group, has been looking back at Ashburton’s connection to the Battle of the (more)