Cowbassadors take Wellington by storm

Last weekend Mid Canterbury farmers were the centre of attention in Auckland – today they are taking the capital by storm. Following on (more)

A new tool will soon allow Mid Canterbury farmers to add calving information to their herd records with a mobile device – from (more)

The best and brightest young minds in New Zealand’s dairy industry were in the Ashburton yesterday as part of a three-day study tour of (more)

Helping the elderly, caring for the environment and working for those in need was all part of a day’s learning for St Joseph’s School on (more)

A lengthy negotiation period looks to be coming to an end, as Mid Canterbury teachers look to settle the details of their pay for the next (more)

Mid Canterbury’s Smokefree Rockquest contestants have been left with another month to fine tune their acts with this year’s regional (more)

Why do people in Mid Canterbury and the rest of the country put up with cold houses? Like many immigrants from North America and Europe, (more)

Parking laws Interesting to see a driving instructor teaching someone to park across a private driveway what’s that about? Old (more)

Milk in schools seems to be an all-round positive story but it may be just putting a plaster on wider social problems. Hampstead School (more)

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment. Winners will be announced in this (more)

Among guest artists at the Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition this year will be Wellington Potters Association 2011 Potter in (more)

Dame Malvina Major and the Rising Stars will strike a chord with an Ashburton audience in July. The Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains will (more)

Where in the world is this impressive looking town, with large wooden buildings and a decorated archway? Hands up all those who knew, (more)

Guest Spot - Methven Historical Society Thompsons Track, a busy tar-sealed road heading inland from Rakaia, was discovered in the early (more)

From the collection Recycling has become ‘popular’, but often our idea of recycling is putting stuff in a bin for others to reuse. In (more)

Allenton Bowling Club Well the new green is up and running and is playing great thanks to some brilliant under cover work by Richard.   He (more)

Allenton Croquet Club The Allenton Croquet Club met for its AGM recently and the following were elected to office and (more)

The school holidays are over and no doubt there will be grandparents who will have mixed feelings from “I do miss them” to “It is good (more)

The first edition of our new (more)

Grant Smith’s name is often found in the Guardian, either in squash results or stories about shearing competitions – but he’s getting (more)

Sleep is so often forgotten about when it comes to problems in our everyday lives. MYLES HUME looks into the importance of sleep, especially for (more)