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Ashburton District Council has finalised a submission to the Government on its rates cap proposal.
The Waitangi Day public holiday on Friday 6 February 2026 will see temporary changes to operating hours at some Council facilities and to some Council services.
Council will host a public information session on Tuesday 17 February for property owners who receive water from the Cracroft and Klondyke stockwater intakes.
Council’s Welcoming Communities programme is running a free workshop in Ashburton this month about how to buy your first home.
It’s a time for cool heads around the council with the coalition government announcing big reforms to local government and the Resource Management Act.
A scientific study into algal control products at Lake Hood began this week, with several distributors of the products on site to help the project kick off.