Drive to get Canterbury roads changed into highways
Drive to get Canterbury roads changed into highways
Ashburton District Council will ask the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi to designate two Canterbury roads as highways.
Susan Sandys
Film showcases life on high country station
Film showcases life on Canterbury high country station
A vintage film showing life on a Canterbury high country station will screen at Ashburton’s Regent Cinema on Saturday.
Walk, run, ride or ski to keep rescue helicopters flying
Walk, run, ride or ski to keep rescue helicopters flying
Cantabrians are being asked to walk, run, ride or ski in August for the inaugural Back to Base Challenge.
Parents confused over reason for school lockdown
Parents confused over reason for school lockdown
Parents say they were confused about the purpose of a lockdown at an Ashburton school on Monday.
Race against time to save historic hall
Race against time to save historic hall
Historic Places Mid Canterbury members are fighting to save Balmoral Hall in Ashburton from being demolished or sold.
Glow in the Park attracts 40,000
Glow in the Park attracts big crowd of 40,000
Ashburton's Glow in the Park 2024 broke all previous records, attracting more than 40,000 people over the weekend.
How Glenys keeps her mind active with dementia
Canterbury 74yo with dementia keeping her mind active
When Glenys Nicol was told three years ago she had early-stage dementia, she was shocked. But today the 74-year-old from Ashburton has accepted the diagnosis.
Best song trifecta for Mount Hutt indie band
Best song trifecta for Mount Hutt indie band
Mount Hutt College alternative-indie band Goodbye Thursday have come home victorious after a stunning performance at the Smokefree Rockquest regional final.
Mt Hutt introduces $30 shuttle services
Mt Hutt introduces $30 shuttle services and car pool priority days
Mt Hutt ski area is introducing subsidised shuttle services from Christchurch and Rolleston and 'car pool priority days' this winter.
Fur seals fight over sleeping spot
Fur seals fight over sleeping spot
Two fur seals snapped in a face-off by a Canterbury photographer may have been fighting over their sleeping spot.
Thermal cameras being used to hunt down wallabies
Thermal cameras being used to hunt down wallabies
Wallaby hunters and their dogs are on a mission in Mid Canterbury.
Les Misérables set the 'biggest ever'
Les Misérables set the 'biggest ever'
The mammoth replica 18th-century French village set for next week's production of Les Misérables at the Ashburton Event Centre is finally ready.
Becoming the 'hempquarters' of NZ
Becoming the 'hempquarters' of NZ
Hemp chicken tastes like chicken, Rangitata MP James Meager claimed on a visit to a new hemp food manufacturing plant in Ashburton.
Residents oppose road toll to pay for new bridge
Residents oppose road toll to pay for new Ashburton bridge
Rangitata MP James Meager says he was surprised most Mid Canterbury residents are opposed to paying a road toll to fund the new Ashburton bridge project.
Farmer's emotional Hong Kong journey
Canterbury dairy farmer's emotional Hong Kong journey
High-profile Canterbury dairy farmer Jessie Chan went on an emotional journey of discovery in an episode of David Lomas Investigates which aired on Tuesday night.
$104m solar farm construction creates 50 jobs
$104m solar farm construction creates 50 jobs
Work has started on NZ's largest solar farm, which is set to power the equivalent of about 13,000 homes.
Giant pothole in 100kmh road still not repaired
Giant pothole in 100kmh road still not repaired
A giant pothole on a 100kmh sealed road in Canterbury had still not been repaired last week - about 14 days after it was notified to the district council.
Giant pothole still not repaired
Giant pothole in 100km/h road still not repaired
A giant pothole on a 100km/h sealed road in Canterbury had still not been repaired last week - about 14 days after it was notified to the district council.
Farewell for Canterbury 'club legend'
Farewell for Canterbury 'club legend'
The Southern Rugby Football Club has farewelled much loved "club legend" Andrew James Lauchlan (Trucky) Carr.
New organ completes church's quake rebuild
New organ completes church's quake rebuild
Baring Square Methodist Church’s new organ sings a celestial song of beauty.