The decision on where to put new public toilets in the Ashburton Cemetery is on hold after a hung vote. Councillors were ...

Environment Canterbury’s former chair says his colleagues are ‘‘acting like emus’’ by allowing staff to continue planning ...

It’s a case of close enough and carry on in Mid Canterbury. Ashburton District councillors voted on Wednesday that the ...

Greenpeace is offering free drinking water nitrate testing in Mid Canterbury this weekend after the regional council decided ...

Lake Hood has been closed to the public until further notice due to an algal bloom and the risk to health posed by cyanobacteria toxins. the Ashburton District Council made the decision on Thursday ...

Five men posing in Highland dress at Lagmhor Estate: (from left) Donald McLean, A. McKay, B. Norman, M. R. Lyon, McKay Jr.

Apr 2025 • 2 min read Council not alerted algae poisoning at Lake Hood A swimmer has fallen ill due to toxic algae blooms in ...

A second person has been poisoned by the toxic algae in Lake Hood near Ashburton. National Public Health Service (NPHS) ...

Richard Grabham and Nikita Baker won the Canterbury/North Otago regional Share Farmers of the Year award.

Nigel Hosking led MPs through the processing of iHemp at Hemp New Zealand's manufacturing plant in Ashburton.