Channelling the suffragettes

Environment Minister Nick Smith did the honours for MHV Water yesterday morning, cutting the ribbon to officially open the 18.5km of new (more)

If a Labour-led government is elected this weekend the negative effect on New Zealand will be immense, a long-serving and successful Mid (more)

Over the past six months the sheep meat industry has seen a lift in lamb and mutton prices to such an extent that lamb is currently selling (more)

Young performers at Methven Primary School are ready to take audiences for a wild adventure on board Ms. Frizzle’s Magic School (more)

Creative questions and hours of experimentation have paid off for a group of Hinds School students who swept up awards galore last week at (more)

A group of students from Ashburton proved their technological talent in the New Zealand National Robocup last weekend. Ashburton (more)

I’ve found myself in a bit of a pickle in the lead up to this week’s election. I’m a clear-cut sort of bloke, usually. A spade (more)

The noose is tightening round the National neck. The crews on the Good Ship of State seem ready to change. After this Saturday, it looks (more)

We don’t have many events here in Ashburton where a really large portion of the community are able to get together. So, the news out (more)

The team at Ashburton Museum have been busy installing a new exhibition. This is something special for us as it has come all the way to (more)

Some say the increasingly popular SUVs are the Swiss army knives of personal transport. For depending on how they’re set up, they can (more)

In 2011 Nadia Lim was a dietician who dreamed of publishing her own recipe book; today she’s a household name. Lim’s life changed (more)

Seven Ashburton District councillors and mayor Donna Favel have thumbed their noses at the keepers of Ashburton’s fire history. Last (more)

The 1960s was a decade of change and young people were rewriting the rules. Dance was a prime example. No longer was dance formal, (more)

The many musical programmes in the Ashburton Museum’s archive would originally have been kept as a reminder of a concert attended, or perhaps (more)

Two Kiwi celebrity chefs are Ashburton-bound for book launch celebrations within the next month. Culinary enthusiasts can rub elbows with (more)

Eleven hardy Cantabrians set off from Ashburton yesterday with spirits high and signs raised, on the first leg of a 90km march against (more)

Staveley Presbyterian Bush Camp celebrated a major pledge to protecting Ashburton’s biodiversity on Wednesday. The camp is partnering (more)