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A monitoring buoy is about to be deployed in Lake Hood next week and several rounds of trials of products to mitigate cyanobacteria blooms are planned in the lake this summer.

10 September 2025

Booklets on table

Spring into the school holidays at the end of the month, with loads of fun and activities – from searching for treasure to racing remote controlled cars and planting delphiniums in the domain!

8 September 2025

Truck and trailer on road

Fulton Hogan Ashburton has been awarded a five-year, $40.7 million operations and maintenance contract to look after the roading network in the Ashburton District.

8 September 2025

Work has begun this week on a major upgrade of the Dromore community drinking water supply.

5 September 2025

Man juggling fire sticks

Council’s free, community event Glow in the Park was named Local Government Event of the Year at the event industry’s annual awards this week.

4 September 2025

Mayor Neil Brown

It's great this week to see that a preferred contractor has been appointed to design and build the new second bridge over the Ashburton River at Chalmers Avenue.

4 September 2025

Two adults and a child

Seven residents starting new lives in the Ashburton District will share their stories through an outdoor exhibition titled Welcoming Ashburton in the lead-up to the Hakatere Noodle Festival, which celebrates national Welcoming Week.

4 September 2025


Map with highlighted areas

Households and businesses in a large part of north-east Ashburton, including all of Fairton, will have a short water shutdown on Sunday night to allow important work on the Bridge Street water treatment plant.

3 September 2025

Concept plan for new bridge

The long-awaited second Ashburton Bridge is a step closer with the signing of a key agreement, Minister for the South Island and Associate Transport Minister James Meager has announced.

2 September 2025

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