Three times a year a driver will crash into the Tinwald viaduct which authorities say is clearly signposted. Read...

Following the sudden death of two-term councillor Rodger Letham in December, Ashburton District Council will have a special election. Read...

Almost as many potholes were filled in 2022 as in the previous three years in the Ashburton District. Read...

Ashburton College heads have done their best to pacify community concerns over suggestions that no student bullying complaints reached the principal or the board in the past five years. Read...

Apprentice jockey Megan Taylor has died after falling from her horse during a race this afternoon. Read...

Removing the use of cellphones at Ashburton College is about eliminating a major disruption, according to the school`s principal. Read...

The Ashburton mayor will be answering his pager if he can, with local volunteer firefighters continuing to respond during the union strike action. Read...

B D Joe again showed he has become the perfect horse at the perfect time with a brilliant victory in the Ashburton Flying Stakes.The Steve and Amanda Telfer trained 4-year-old continued his dream spring with a strong and polished... Read...

The man who died in a crash in Mid Canterbury at the weekend has been named by police.He was Jarrod Daniel Karl, 23, from Tauranga.Karl died when the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Gardiners Rd near Ashburton... Read...

Police have rubbished claims they`re closing in on suspects in the unsolved Kirsty Bentley murder.Some national media outlets have reported that police have 10 suspects on a shortlist for the cold case murder of the Ashburton teenager,... Read...