Council News
Two more road reconstruction sites were sealed last week, 1.8km on Christys Road and 0.5km on Valetta Westerfield Road.
Preparations for this year’s Local Body Elections have begun, though voters won’t see their voting documents in the mail until mid-September.
Ashburton District Council is encouraging users of the EA Networks Centre to check the facility’s website or Facebook page before visiting, as staff shortages caused by the Omicron outbreak continue to impact operating hours especially for the swimming pool.
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.
How councils consult with their communities has changed a lot over the years.
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.
Finished with your disposable face mask or rapid antigen test? Put them in the rubbish bin as neither can be recycled.
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.
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.
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.