Influencer Lilia Alexander recently shared posts of her jetboating the Rakaia Gorge, in a hot tub while glamping and visiting the Ashburton Aviation Museum. Read...

Ashburton Intermediate School has dropped a rule requiring students to get a uniform pass to wear a pounamu at school. Read...

Ashburton Intermediate School principal says a uniform pass issued over the pounamu was “culturally inappropriate” and has apologised. Read...

The highest priced filly ever sold in New Zealand has become the talk of the annual Karaka yearling sales. Read...

An Ashburton woman was surprised to find out the council would no longer help with the maintenance of the California Redwood tree that towers over her property. Read...

Ashburton District Council will be cutting back on how much support it gives residents with heritage trees on their property. Read...

Canterbury`s 10 water zone committees look set for a restructure, but the Ashburton chair is questioning where the accountability is in the proposed new model. Read...

A Russian business that owns a high country station in Mid Canterbury now owns a slice of Ashburton`s CBD. Read...

The man who said Ashburton would be turtle town after school speed zones were introduced is happy to see them changing. Read...

After18-months of living in `turtle town`, a resident was happy to `see common sense finally prevail`. Read...