Work on Ashburton’s new terraced 18-hole mini golf course gets underway this week. Mayor Neil Brown turned the sod in a digger on Tuesday, with contractors setting up on site this week to begin the ...

Environment Canterbury is refunding the Hekeao Hinds Water Enhancement Trust about $64,000 for not meeting statutory timeframes in handling its resource consents. The regional council confirmed a 50% ...

On the farm, winter has its own rhythm. Beneath the frost-covered paddocks and shorter days, there’s a sense of anticipation. We all know spring is coming. Lambing, calving, and the busiest stretch on ...

Ashburton’s position is that as no proposal presented has been completely compliant "it is our view that ECan should shift its focus to consider communities of interest and effective representation as ...

The clock is ticking for local catchment groups as their main source of funding dries up. Mid Canterbury is home to nine catchment groups - teams of people, often farmers and conservationists, who ...

UPDATE 3.32pm: One person has died following an avalanche in the Arrowsmith Range area today. Police were notified of the avalanche at 12.25pm. One person was trapped in the avalanche and was in a ...

Young farmers are the future of New Zealand agriculture, so each issue we shine a spotlight on a Young Farmer. Today we talk to Linda McKnight.

Ashburton College is ready to roll for this year’s Canterbury Polyfest, following their Fiafia night (happy get together) on Wednesday. The 85-strong Polyfest crew and the school’s Kapahaka group ...

Ashburton locals have joined the nationwide protest against the Treaty Principles Bill to “protect” their children’s future. The main hīkoi began in Northland on Monday, winding its way to Parliament ...

The practice of farming that built what we often call the backbone of the New Zealand economy was founded on generations of hard-earned wisdom. These farmers didn’t have the luxury of apps or ...

Ashburton's Anita Smith completed the Back to Base Challenge and was the highest fundraising individual in Mid Canterbury for the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Helicopter. PHOTO JULIE MOFFETT ...

A Mid Canterbury rural advocate has called the government’s proposed bus route funding cuts counterintuitive. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is reviewing school bus routes nationwide, which could see ...