Financial tightrope

It’s time that the scaremongering over Labour’s water policy stopped and the reality around it was recognised, David Parker, the (more)

Just under 40 deer farmers from around Mid Canterbury descended on Aubrey Aitken’s Mayfield property on Tuesday afternoon to find out (more)

Charismatic farmer and mental health advocate Doug Avery is on the road with his new book and will be in Ashburton on Friday night. The (more)

Breakfast clubs for Ashburton schoolchildren are not only tackling hunger and poverty, but having “absolutely amazing” positive (more)

Senior Ashburton College students perused nearby jobs, opportunities and future pathways at a bustling Local Employers Career Expo (more)

It’s Turbo Touch time at Wakanui School and students have been refining their throws, catches, dodges and defence. Each year in winter, (more)

We are about to round the final bend but the race to parliament is now a long way from being the one-horse race it once (more)

Ashburton roads I would like to comment on Ashburton’s [District Council] service manager Neil McCann’s comments about the roads in (more)

Just when you thought rugby was taking a bit of a breather, after the never-ending drama of the highly unsatisfying Lions tour, then the (more)

Mazda reckons with the new and significantly changed CX-5’s bold looks, its ride and performance, that once you are behind the wheel you (more)

I spend many days scanning images. Most times they are relatively straightforward and easy to describe. Sometimes, however, an odd (more)

Mad Mama with Desme Daniels. It’s birthday season, the time of year when all the Daniels/Dennis family birthdays seem to hit at (more)

I believe that one should take any opportunity that comes your way, so when I was invited to go to the Czech Republic and Slovakia for a (more)

In 1883 it was to be a town of the future but today Diamond Town at Mt Alford is simply a forestry block, the owners of its 161 sections (more)

There is never nothing to do in a museum. Much of my time is spent answering enquiries or working with new collection material as it (more)

Pump failures and exceptionally heavy rainfalls have created the perfect storm on several of the Ashburton District Council’s water (more)

When Ashburton’s NZ Post building is sold next month nothing will change for postal and banking users. Three years down the track, (more)

It might have been trading  for seven weeks, but Ashburton’s St John Op Shop is now officially in business. The shop joins a network (more)