Whether you want quiet time or have energy to burn, there’s loads of (mostly) free stuff to do at our Ashburton District Council facilities.
Council has approved a tradewaste agreement with Ashburton Meat Processors, giving conditional consent for them to discharge factory wastewater into Ashburton’s urban wastewater scheme.
Representatives from Environment Canterbury, Ashburton District Council, the local community and mana whenua met in Ashburton last week to talk about how its local freshwater leadership group might look and function.
EA Networks Centre will host a free morning for older adults next Wednesday, aimed at helping them to learn about how to prevent falls and how to keep mobile as they age.
Two important occasions are worth recognising this week – the final meeting of the Methven Community Board for this term and the official opening of the new Friendship Lane housing units for the elderly.
Mayor Brown and Minister for the South Island, James Meager, officially opened 16 new elderly persons’ housing units at Friendship Lane on Monday.
With the election period nearing its halfway point, all voting packs have now been delivered across Mid Canterbury.
Voting papers and information about the candidates will be delivered to mailboxes from Tuesday 9 September to Monday 22 September. Voting opens now and closes at noon on Saturday 11 October.
