Council News
Five biodiversity projects, ranging from protecting rare plants at Wakanui Beach to planting wetlands at Staveley, have been granted a total of $30,500 from Council as part of a second round of community grants.
Have you ever wondered why we are encouraged to plant native trees? Planting New Zealand native trees has been a biodiversity focus recently, and with the advent of the National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity, more attention is being drawn to indigenous plants and the need to protect and restore them.
Council's Biodiversity team is organising a community biodiversity event at Taylors Stream Reserve, on Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, on Sunday 15 October and volunteers are needed.
As well as bees, bugs and butterflies, Council will be showcasing another 'b' at this year's Ashburton A&P show - biodiversity.
The installation of a nine-hole disc golf course at the Tinwald Domain is getting closer. The course has been designed by Zac Taylor from the Christchurch Disc Golf club.
Nine Mid Canterbury events have been granted a total of $30,600 to help attract visitors from outside the district.
Ashburton’s new library and civic centre building Te Whare Whakatere is expected to open for business Monday 18 December.
It was a red letter day for the people of Methven today, when their new $10m water treatment plant was officially opened by Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown.
A strong demand for more leaders to manage Aotearoa New Zealand’s parks has prompted the launch of a “life-changing” new programme at Lincoln University.
Eight new speed limits will come into effect within the Ashburton District on 1 November – most in and near new subdivisions at Tinwald, Methven and Ashburton east.