Ashburton News

News from the Ashburton and Canterbury area.

By Sue Newman June 16

Hunters from around the South Island will be vying for big cash prizes this weekend in the Mid Canterbury hunting competition.

Editorial

School uniforms are the great leveller. They remove class, they remove evidence of parental wealth and they ensure that school does not become a fashion parade ground. Buying a school uniform, however, is anything but a cheap undertaking. Ask parents at Mt Hutt College.

No 8 three times lucky

June 16

Bev Turton has hit three hole-in-ones during her golfing career – all on the same hole.

Fairton works safe

By Lance Isbister June 15

Silver Fern Farms Fairton is safe from the chopping block for now, despite a proposed trimming of 174 jobs from two Christchurch plants.

Plunket marks double

By Amanda Durry June 15

It's been a fixture in Mid Canterbury for 100 years and now Plunket is celebrating for a different reason – the official opening of its new base.

Keeley bites over new dog policy

By Susan Sandys June 15

Ashburton SPCA inspector John Keeley growled at the Ashburton District Council at a submissions hearing on its new dog control policy yesterday.

Editorial

By Sue Newman June 15

There’s a cold wind blowing through the meat industry in New Zealand and it’s inevitable that wind will eventually be felt in the Ashburton District. Silver Fern Farms is in the process of dis-establishing more than 170 jobs at its Christchurch plants in sweeping changes that must inevitably signal change also in Ashburton. Right now we’re safe, but is there any longer anything safe in the meat industry?

Plough event rescheduled

By Lance Isbister June 15

The Annual Mid Canterbury Vintage Ploughing match scheduled for last Saturday was postponed to avoid a quagmire after the deluge of recent weeks.

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