Grab your picnic blanket and soak up the sounds of Mid Canterbury in the beautiful Ashburton Domain!
Mayor Liz McMillan is thanking the district’s employers for getting behind the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs programme, with 50 job-seekers offered work in the past eight months.
The budget for 2026-27 continues to be a main focus for Councillors, and we are hoping the war in Iran and other things outside our control will not derail it.
The Ashburton Sports Hall on Tancred Street has been gifted to Council, and a report will assess future options for the building – including the possibility of selling it.
Council is carefully monitoring its fuel use and looking at fuel-saving ways to work as the war in the Middle East continues.
Ashburton’s historic rail footbridge will be refurbished later this year, in a project that will preserve an important slice of history and ensure a safe mid-town rail crossing for future generations.
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has lifted its harmful algal bloom health warning issued for Lake Hood.
There’s plenty of indoor fun planned as the days get shorter and leaves fall off the trees.
