Canterbury is better prepared for extreme weather and rainfall, three years on from devastating flooding, the regional council says. Environment Canterbury has completed significant work to restore ...

Sep 2024 • 2 min read Bringing Māori language into the spotlight Te Koare Paul (Ngāi Tahu) and wife Karla (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa) and their five kids call Hakatere Ashburton t ...

Society of St Vincent de Paul members Trevor Wall and Donna Collins are part of the team renovating the old St Peter's ...

Thomas Bowyer with the hoods he hawked on the streets of Ashburton, 1912. His sign reads: “Behold: I Come With The Smallest ...

Ian and Rosalyn Moore at the native planting spot by the Willoughby Fire Station. The couple is creating a legacy with the ...

How often do you see foot traffic in Ashburton on a Monday morning? Yep, not that often. But yesterday hundreds took to town for the annual market day and the Bookarama opening. And everyone enjoyed ...

Sep 2024 • 2 min read Tour with a purpose Hospice Mid Canterbury’s Christmas Experience home tour fundraisers Lynnie Scammell ...

Ashburton will be down to one public swimming pool in the height of summer. That’ll be the 50-year-old Hampstead School pool because Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre will be shut down for maintenance ...

Happy with their work: Handbags and Gladrags’ committee members can now relax after making $17,000 from their charity event.

Filipino Dairy Workers’ New Zealand chairperson Kristine Santos-Asuncion. "They bring a sense of community to rural areas, and that’s important.” Photo: Anisha Satya. A Filipino dairy industry leader ...

The Farmers Fast Five: Where we ask a farmer five quick questions about farming, and what agriculture means to them. Today we talk to FMG 2024 Young Farmer of the Year George Dodson. I grew up on a ...

It’s almost time to hop back on the saddle as the rodeo season approaches. Cowboys and girls will head south to Winchester on October 26 and then Methven the following day. Methven rodeo club ...