Council News
Ashburton District Council is proposing to create a dedicated Lake Hood Manager role as part of its draft 2026/27 Annual Plan, reflecting the scale of work required to secure the lake’s long-term future.
There was a good turnout to the public information session at the Ruapuna Hall last week, when about 35 people came along to hear about the future of the Cracroft and Klondyke stockwater intakes.
Retail strategy experts Lorraine Nicholson and Chris Wilkinson are heading to Ashburton next week and they’re keen to talk – in cafes, laundromats and butcher shops, as well as in workshops they’re organising to help reinvigorate the town centre.
Locally owned and operated Greg Donaldson Contracting, has won the supreme award at the ANZ Business of the Year Awards 2026.
Wheels will soon be turning at Mid Canterbury’s new bike skills park, which has been gifted $100,000 from Lottery Community Facilities.
Photographer Bill Irwin shares his love of photography and advice on how to get a great photo of heritage buildings, as he prepares to judge Heritage New Zealand’s Mid & South Canterbury photo competition, held in partnership with Rokowhiria Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum.
Council is looking at the future of the Tinwald drinking water bore, which continues to show higher levels of nitrates than other bores used for community supplies.
One of the biggest surprises since joining Council has been just how complex many decisions are behind the scenes.
This year marks a big step forward for the Second Ashburton Bridge project. We’re gearing up for construction, and a lot of the work happening now is about setting the project up well so the main build can start smoothly.
Council is installing three bulk flow meters on the drinking water network in east Rakaia, as part of its Rakaia metering trial project.