Wet weather dampening your spirits? The singers of the Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School have a fix for that. The 103 students, aged nine to 22 years old, have spent the last week rehearsing songs ...

Liz McMillan spent less than half as much as her rivals in a successful campaign to be Ashburton Mayor. Electoral returns ...

Ashburton’s $62 million library and civic centre is proving three times more expensive to run than the two buildings it ...

An algal bloom health warning has been placed on Lake Hood for the fourth straight summer, but the lake remains open for now.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has issued a health warning after potentially toxic harmful blue-green algae (planktonic ...

What would you say to someone about to get behind the wheel drunk?” It’s a phrase that’s racked up over 56,000 views online ...

Old places, new angles - that’s the target theme for photographers entering the South and Mid Canterbury photo competition.

You’re never too old to learn a new skill - in fact, the older you get, the more important having a hobby is. Around 215 ...

Two Venezuelans turned Ashburton locals “could not be happier” following the capture of Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro. Marcos Mirabal and Maite Pineda felt his capture marks the beginning of a new era in ...

Farmers have been reminded to “sharpen their pencils" after a further drop in forecast farmgate milk prices. Fonterra released its revised milk price of $8.50 - $9.50 per kilogram of milk solids (kgMS ...

Donald “Don” Geddes never volunteered for the praise. “You don’t really do that stuff for the recognition… but it is quite nice to be recognised for what you do in the community.” The Methven man was ...

The return of a South Island passenger train is oil in the lamp for local rail transport supporters. The “Mainlander” train will connect Christchurch to Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill once a month.