A commemorative coin from the 1974 Commonwealth Games and a letter from former mayor D’Arcy Digby were among items found in a time capsule retrieved from the former council headquarters on Baring ...

A former Ashburton councillor says the Treaty Principles Bill is a waste of taxpayer money, especially as councils are being ...

Water quality is a divisive subject and proved as much around the regional council table this week. Christchurch ...

Jesse Hemi, 25, faced three counts of burglary, five of obtaining by deception and a theft charge in the Ashburton District ...

Ashburton District Council are cautiously welcoming proposed Government reforms to speed up building consents. In a bid to ...

Ashburton locals have joined the nationwide protest against the Treaty Principles Bill to “protect” their children’s future.

Design historian Annette O'Sullivan and esteemed photographer Jane Ussher have immortalised fifteen of New Zealand's most iconic woolsheds in the hardcover book 'Woolsheds - The Historic Shearing ...

Offers on the former administration building will be considered by councillors next week. Chief executive Hamish Riach ...

In serious mode (from left) are Mary-Anne Craig, Asher van Asperen and Olivia Kononyuk in the front.

Local Fire Emergency New Zealand community advisor for readiness and recovery Jesse Shearer (left) and senior advisor for risk reduction Don Geddes. Floods, fires, droughts and quakes - in Mid ...

The Ashburton County Hospital, as it was first known, was built to ensure it stood the test of time. An Ashburton Guardian column from September 30, 1879, described the prime location that was chosen ...