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Driver was tanked
By Erin Bishop July 31, 2010
A drink driver crashed into a ditch with more than three times the legal breath alcohol limit on board on Thursday night.
Hog heaven
By Lance Isbister July 31, 2010
Hinds has its own slice of piggy paradise far removed from the sow farrow crates animal activist group Safe has publicly condemned.
Council cost-cutting costly
July 31, 2010
Cutting costs in its technology budget, has cost the Ashburton District Council dearly when it comes to national rankings for its website.
Peking to Paris adventure
By Amanda Durry July 31, 2010
Tackling the Peking to Paris car rally is an adventure many people can only dream about. However it will become reality in September for Temuka residents Bruce Selbie and Graham Smith.
ACL yard hit by vandals
By Erin Bishop July 31, 2010
Two separate hits by vandals on Mid Canterbury's ACL gravel excavating yard this week have resulted in thousands of dollars damage.
Juniors find winning form
By Jonathan Leask July 30 2010The Ashburton College junior rugby sides both bagged wins over St Thomas of Canterbury yesterday.
Tackling the best of the south
July 29 2010
The Mid Canterbury Under 15 team is heading away to Dunedin this weekend for a tournament which will see it take on some of the best from the lower South Island.
U15s have a hard act to follow
July 28 2010
Members of the Mid Canterbury girls' and boys' under-15 basketball teams have been hard at work in recent weeks, fine tuning their skills before heading away to the South Island championships in Invercargill.
Premiers of the court
By Jonathan Leask July 27 2010The Mid Canterbury under 13 girls basketball team has won the South Island premiership in Dunedin in impressive fashion.
Alice's summer break
By Jonathan Leask July 24 2010It's been 11 months since Alice Sommerville left New Zealand for America to attend Cleveland State University on a swimming scholarship.
Farm's new lease of life
By Lance Isbister June 28 2010
hertsey sheep and crop farmer Campbell McArthur is seeing his family's dream come to fruition through the Acton Irrigation Scheme.
Of trees and ETS
By Lance Isbister July 8 2010Foothills landowners have a good opportunity to profit from planting trees on marginal land through the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Stock, prices down at annual fair
By Lance Isbister July 6 2010The annual Ashburton Hogget and In-Lamb Ewe Fair saw fewer numbers of stock this year with lower prices for average ewes compared with last year.
Mid Canterbury rural women winning again
By Lance Isbister June 1 2010Mid Canterbury Rural Women once again won the Lady Blundell Trophy in recognition of their Have a Heart safer school bus campaign.
Hinds gearing up for big ploughing match
By Lance Isbister June 1 2010The Hinds Ploughing Association will celebrate another milestone this year with its 60th Jubilee being held on Ian Lowe's property.
Working towards a fairer industry
By Lance Isbister May 18 2010
Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury Meat and Fibre chairperson Jeanette Maxwell wants fellow sheep farmers to ask "where do we want to be in the future?"
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