Council News
The Ashburton District Council is reassuring residents that all Council-managed drinking water supplies remain compliant with the New Zealand Drinking Water Standards for nitrate levels and the water is safe to drink.
A new exhibition opening this Saturday at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum tells the story of a little-known chapter in New
Zealand history of nuclear testing in the Pacific.
There’s something about the cherry blossoms, the longerevenings, and the warmth returning – that lifts the mood across the district. Spring is a season that brings people out and brings people together.
Wednesday 17 September, 9pm. Severe weather warnings and watches have been lifted. The weather caused disruptions across Canterbury today.
A crowd of noodle lovers descended on Baring Square East on Saturday for the Hakatere Noodle Festival, a celebration of the district’s multicultural community and Welcoming Week.
Remediation work on the splashdeck at EA Networks Centre has been programmed after the school holidays, for the two weeks beginning Monday 6 October.
It’s a throwaway comment I hear sometimes, or read on social media: We get nothing for our rates.
As voting papers for the Local Elections have begun arriving in letterboxes, local faces are once again fronting a campaign in the Ashburton district encouraging people to vote.
Two diseased oak trees on Walnut Avenue, one outside Ashburton College, will be removed during the September school holidays.
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.