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Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown and deputy Mayor Liz McMillan will meet and walk with mosque shooting survivor Temel Atacocugu when he passes through Ashburton this afternoon (Friday 11 March) on a walk of peace.

11 March 2022

Chief Executive Hamish Riach

How councils consult with their communities has changed a lot over the years.

10 March 2022

Digger working on wastewater project

Feedback from the Government’s three waters working group was ”predictably disappointing” according to the group representing 1.5 million New Zealanders and almost half of New Zealand’s territorial local authorities, including the Ashburton District Council.

10 March 2022

Discarded face mask

Finished with your disposable face mask or rapid antigen test? Put them in the rubbish bin as neither can be recycled.

9 March 2022

Lookout at Rakaia gorge

A special ceremony at the Rakaia Gorge last weekend marked the completion of a project designed to improve safety for sightseers and share the area’s Maori cultural history.

9 March 2022

Rarely-seen artworks, including models, paintings and old aerial photographs tell a story of the changing face of Ashburton in a new exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum.

8 March 2022

ANZ bank staff

The ANZ Business of the Year Awards and gala dinner have been rescheduled to later this year because of the increase in Covid-19 numbers and current restrictions.

7 March 2022

Book and reading glasses

If you’ve borrowed a Jack Reacher book from the Ashburton Public Library recently, you’re in good company.

7 March 2022

Damaged tree on street corner

Two trees will be removed from West Street, near Formosa, on Sunday and six new trees more suitable for the area will be planted.

4 March 2022

Lush gardens

Hundreds of thousands of litres of rainwater are being harvested each year from the roof of the EA Networks Centre (EANC) and recycled for irrigation and washdowns.

3 March 2022

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