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	Fresh push for four-lane highway from Rolleston to Ashburton Stuff.co.nz - 4 Jul (Stuff.co.nz) A woman fed up with seeing near-misses is campaigning for State Highway 1 between Rolleston and Ashburton to be increased to four lanes. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Ashburton College sends students home after power outage RadioNZ - 16 Jun (RadioNZ) Students were sent home at about 10am due to a lack of heating, lighting and internet, the school said. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Ashburton mayor plans own road cone crackdown with $10 fee Stuff.co.nz - 12 Jun (Stuff.co.nz) “Anything to identify the overuse of road cones is good,” Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Ashburton councillor ‘wants value for money’ from CCTV investment Stuff.co.nz - 6 Jun (Stuff.co.nz) The council expected to spend $85,000 in 2024/25 on its CCTV network. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	The South Island town with no public bus Stuff.co.nz - 16 May (Stuff.co.nz) Ashburton’s bus debate is going round-and-round, with one councillor saying Uber and e-scooters will do the job. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Ashburton teacher Wendy Hopwood’s registration cancelled after making fun of students, ripping up work NZ Herald - 15 May (NZ Herald) Wendy Hopwood also ripped up students’ artwork and tore pages from their workbooks. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald General



	FENZ to investigate cause of fire that burnt thousands of hay bales near Ashburton RadioNZ - 15 May (RadioNZ) The blaze broke out in two hay sheds housing 214,000 bales near Ashburton shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Ashburton farm fire: 14,000 hay bales go up in flames NZ Herald - 15 May (NZ Herald) Smoke is blowing over State Highway 1 from the fire. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald General



	Thousands of hay bales go up in smoke in barn fire near Ashburton RadioNZ - 15 May (RadioNZ) Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire since last night. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Ashburton supermarket crash: Footage shows the moment car ploughs into store NZ Herald - 8 May (NZ Herald) Mayank Patel was in the Allenton Fresh Supermarket on his own when a car smashed into it. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald General