Council News
If you’ve recycled a chest of drawers or a bicycle at the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park’s re-use shop recently, then chances are you have helped Ashburton man Ford Gerbes get to the world kickboxing champs in Ireland later this year.
A newspaper article written in 1881 formed part of our background reading for a Council meeting item recently on the future of the Pudding Hill stockwater intake.
Seven commemorative trees will be planted in the district’s domains this month to mark the platinum jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth II.
Did you know that Burnett Street was once the “Fleet Street” of Ashburton where newspapers and printers plied their trade? Or that Tancred Street was the entertainment part of town?
Some of our services and operating hours will change temporarily for Queen’s Birthday this weekend, as Monday 6 June is a public holiday.
A $3.395 million contract for the supply of membrane equipment for Methven and Mt Somers’ new water treatment plants has been awarded to Masons Engineers (NZ) Ltd.
Ashburton’s CBD revitalisation project has been highly commended at local government awards that celebrate the creation of special places.
The inaugural ANZ Business of the Year Awards last weekend were a wonderful celebration of our district’s business community and Council was proud to be a part of it.
Winter, with its cooler days and long nights, is the perfect time to cosy up with a good book. So why not tackle that want-to-read list, step out of your genre comfort zone or try a new author?
Cordons have been lifted and it's now safe for residents to return to their homes in the Elizabeth Street, Allenton area following the safe removal of suspected unexploded ordnance from a residential property.