The Ashburton District Council`s draft annual plan proposing a 9.4 percent rate increase has received a paltry 58 submissions with five days before consultation closes. Read...
An Ashburton farming couple are shaking things up, running conventional and regenerative systems side by side while letting staff choose their hours - and take home free farm-grown food. Read...
The directors of Goodwood Capital Limited (NZX: GWC) announce that GWC has reached agreement to acquire 100% of WasteCo Holdings NZ Limited (WasteCo), a diversified waste, refuse and industrial services business with operations in Christchurch, Ashburton, Read...
Councillor Stuart Wilson has rubbished Ashburton`s updated climate change policy, voting against what he called a `cut and paste` document with no local focus. Read...
Ashburton`s Claire and Gerard Rushton will achieve something today that will ease the pain of the loss of their daughter.In the foyer of Parliament they`ll present a petition containing 6357 signatures which calls on the government... Read...
The Stocker family were supposed to be enjoying their new home by now but are still, along with others, at loggerheads with ECan over wastewater consent related to nitrate risk in Ashburton`s north-east. Read...
Ashburton`s tourism promoters are more focussed on business support than marketing, as confidence in the sector suffers from Covid-19 symptoms. Read...
Ashburton District Council`s `no frills` budget still delivers the biggest rate rise in over a decade - and it hasn`t gone down well with the public. Read...
RUGBY Blues coach Vern Cotter is calling for their leaders to step up, to help manage any mid-game worries in tonight's home Super Rugby Pacific semifinal against the Brumbies More...
BUSINESS Violent clashes in Buenos Aires as Argentina's President Javier Milei narrowly wins vote on radical economic reforms More...