Liz McMillan has been Ashburton`s deputy mayor for two terms and says she is ready to take the top job. Read...

Neil Brown left his announcement to the end of the open part of Wednesday’s Ashburton District Council meeting. Read...

Emergency services were called to VIP Metalworks on Tuesday morning. Read...

A safe transport advocacy group is taking the government to court to stop speed limit reversals from going ahead - but Ashburton`s council isn`t getting on board. Read...

The mayor said is fed up with road cones being left out by contractors when work is not being done or has been completed. Read...

The council plans to spend $20,000 on a Flock-Off bird deterrent system to rid the new $62.1m library and civic centre of its bothersome birds. Read...

Across 2023 and 2024 there were 14 meetings of the Ashburton Water Zone Committee. Ngai Tuahuriri representative Arapata Reuben didn’t attend any. Read...

Influencer Lilia Alexander recently shared posts of her jetboating the Rakaia Gorge, in a hot tub while glamping and visiting the Ashburton Aviation Museum. Read...

Ashburton Intermediate School has dropped a rule requiring students to get a uniform pass to wear a pounamu at school. Read...

Ashburton Intermediate School principal says a uniform pass issued over the pounamu was “culturally inappropriate” and has apologised. Read...