The public holidays over Easter and Anzac Day 2025 will see temporary changes to some Council services and facilities.

Rubbish & Recycling

Ashburton’s kerbside collection service will not operate on Good Friday, 18 April, so people whose bins are normally emptied on a Friday should put them out for collection on Saturday 19 April instead.

Bins will be collected as normal the week beginning Monday 21 April.

Anzac Day is on Friday 25 April and there will be no change to kerbside collection that day; put your bins out as normal.

Resource Recovery Parks

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will be closed Friday 18 April and closed Anzac Day Friday 25 April. The park will be open its usual winter hours 9am-5pm on Saturday 19 April, Sunday 20 April and Easter Monday 21 April.

Rakaia Resource Recovery Park will be closed Friday 18 April and Monday 21 April, but open on Saturday 19 April.

The Methven greenwaste facility will be open Sunday 20 April.

Ashburton Library

The Ashburton Library will be closed on Easter Friday and Easter Monday, 18 and 21 April; it will open on Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm. Normal hours resume on Tuesday 22 April.

The library will be closed on Anzac Day.

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum

The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum will be closed Friday 18 April, but open for the rest of the Easter holiday break, which offers a great chance to check out the latest exhibits.

The facility will be open on Anzac Day, 1-4pm and is inviting people to join them for a special Anzac Day talk with Sarah Johnston, at 2pm.

Sound historian Sarah is researching recordings made between 1940-1945 by New Zealand’s mobile broadcasting units, which travelled overseas with our forces.

She will shed light on recordings the broadcasters made of New Zealand nurses. Courtesy of RNZ and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, she will play some of these 80-year-old recordings and talk about the men and women who we hear in them.

EA Networks Centre

EA Networks Centre will be closed on Friday 18 April. It will be open 7am to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 April (though pools and gym close an hour earlier at 6pm), and open on Easter Monday 21 April from 10am-5pm.

On Anzac Day, it will be open from 1pm-7pm (pools and gym close an hour earlier at 6pm).

Come down and try the new outdoor sand court – pop into the centre’s reception area and they will roll off the covers. Bring your own beach volleyball or hire one!

Customer Services

Council’s Customer Services counter at Te Whare Whakatere, Baring Square East, will close at 5pm on Thursday 17 April, and re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday 22 April.

If you have a problem or urgently need to contact us, then the afterhours/24 hours-a-day service will be operating - please phone 03 307 7700.

Emails, Snap Send Solves and website requests will be cleared when the office opens for business as usual on Tuesday.

Customer Services will be closed on Anzac Day, Friday 25 April.

Road closures for Anzac Day services

Temporary road closures will be in place for Anzac Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph at Baring Square West on 25 April. The civic service and wreath-laying ceremony at Baring Square West starts at 11am.

Roads to close from 6am-8.30am, and from 10am-12.30pm, are:

• West Street (SH1) from Havelock Street to Cameron Street
• Havelock Street from Park Street to East Street
• Cameron Street from West Street to Park Street
• Baring Square West from Havelock Street to Cameron Street

Public toilets around the district will be open daily as usual over Easter and on Anzac Day.