Ashburton’s new library and civic centre cost $62.1 million to build. Te Whare Whakatere opened to the public in January, and ...

Mid Canterbury is a culturally diversifying and ageing population according to the latest census data. It also had a moderate ...

Food rescue, refugees, and relocation made for another busy year for Safer Mid Canterbury. Safer Mid Canterbury general ...

A stopbank realignment project won’t be finished as planned this year but Environment Canterbury is busy extracting gravel ...

Ashburton’s second bridge will be on the fast track to construction - once the funding is sorted. The government revealed the ...

Keegan Gentle’s daily ritual involves chainsaws, trees and good communication. “I’ll set up for chipping and dragging ...

A Timaru man was told he was making the lives of those around him "miserable”, according to a district court judge. Zenath Richard Wishart, 23, was charged with threatening grievous bodily harm in the ...

Removing cell phones from schools is a positive step, but Sport Canterbury says something has to “fill the void" or students will potentially fill it with trouble. Sport Canterbury’s sector support ...

Time for a check up - 11 people discovered they needed to see a doctor after a check up in the Carrfields rural health van. 40 patients went through the van during its recent stop at Ashburton’s ...

An Ashburton farmer said the proposal to close a Timaru meatworks is a “sign of the times” and reflects the ongoing struggle of the meat and wool industries. In a shock announcement last Friday, food ...

He’s not calling to a goose – although there are a few at his sanctuary at Riverbridge Conservation Park. Russell Langdon is calling a weka, a New Zealand native swamp bird, as if it’s a domesticated ...

"At the moment, we’ve got two appliances and a tanker.” “It’s not a huge job that we’re looking at, it’s a garage that’s on fire.” “We got the call just after 11.05am.” “They’ve been in attendance now ...