The plan includes the proposed Woodend Bypass and a second Ashburton bridge as key projects. Read...

A person has died following a workplace accident on a mid-Canterbury farm. Read...

A key rail connection being severed by a washed away pier shows investment is needed in South Island infrastructure, Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says. Read...

Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted a resource consent for contaminant discharge in Ashburton, the High Court has ruled. Read...

A Mid Canterbury farmer says the council has stopped returning emails and phone calls from concerned locals. Read...

Farmers say they want to fill the stream with irrigation water but can`t get a clear answer from Environment Canterbury. Read...

Ashburton`s Chinese market garden settlement will be officially opened on Sunday and will be open to the public from Monday. Read...

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown remains confident that the town`s second bridge won`t fall into what could be a $24 billion fiscal hole. Read...

Police advised the school to close after the threat was made on Sunday. Read...

Local residents say there was no consultation and are campaigning to bring back the campground, or remove the bollards. Read...