Council News
Ashburton teenager Charlotte Livingstone has become one of two new New Zealand ambassadors to advocate and raise awareness about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Auckland’s flooding nightmare continues to dominate the news and here in the Ashburton District we can sympathise with people and authorities in our biggest city as they get to grips with the clean-up ahead of them.
Mayor Neil Brown is encouraging people to be generous as Ashburton District Council establishes an Auckland Flooding Relief fund for those impacted by the catastrophic rain event in the Auckland region over the past week.
Readers once braved frostbite when they visited the small Mt Somers community library, now a new heat pump makes the building toasty for both visitors and those who work there.
There’s a lot going on in Ashburton over the long Waitangi weekend, including the annual Multi Cultural Bite at the Ashburton Domain on Waitangi Day, Monday 6 February.
From C4LD (Communities 4 Local Democracy/He Hapori mō te Manapori) - Councils representing more than a million New Zealanders are calling on the new Prime Minister to take a fresh look at a model for water reform that works.
Late last year, after a five-year gap, Lianne and I were able to travel back to the Netherlands.
Economists continue to predict a downturn in the housing market, though the number of building consents being processed by the Ashburton District Council remains high.
Regular users of the Ashburton Domain will see contractors in action in the coming weeks as they upgrade services to the kiosk in the picnic ground off Grigg Street.
Ashburton District Council attended an historic meeting of all five Councils in Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua’s takiwā (area) earlier this month. The nine representatives from Ashburton District included Councillors, Mayor Neil Brown and Council’s Chief Executive.