Council News
The Waitangi Day public holiday on Friday 6 February 2026 will see temporary changes to operating hours at some Council facilities and to some Council services.
Council will host a public information session on Tuesday 17 February for property owners who receive water from the Cracroft and Klondyke stockwater intakes.
Council’s Welcoming Communities programme is running a free workshop in Ashburton this month about how to buy your first home.
It’s a time for cool heads around the council with the coalition government announcing big reforms to local government and the Resource Management Act.
A scientific study into algal control products at Lake Hood began this week, with several distributors of the products on site to help the project kick off.
The Council and Mt Somers Reserve Board are proposing that the Mt Somers Domain Campground becomes a self-contained campsite from March.
Council is proposing to allocate $20 million to the second Ashburton Bridge project as part of its annual plan and budget for 2026-27.
Schoolkids, tourists and Rakaia locals gathered to watch Rakaia’s restored giant salmon be reinstated at her spot alongside State Highway 1 this week.
Councillors have been asked for direction on whether the new gravel carpark on the former Polytech site on Cameron Street should be paid parking.
It’s hard to believe the first month of the year has passed by already.
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