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  • Strong flavour of Ashburton

    By Erin Bishop   Saturday, June 5, 2010 New Zealand's team for a trans-Tasman swimming event being held next month will have a real Ashburton flavour both in and out of the pool. ...
  • Sexy six pack set to slay 'em

    By Jonathan Leask  Saturday June 5, 2010 Forget a dynamic duo, triple threat or fantastic four. The Mid Canterbury senior men's hockey team has a six pack. ...
  • Making the moooooooove in Mid Canterbury

    By Lance Isbister  June 4 2010 There are plenty of hooves taking to Mid Canterbury roads and tracks as dairy farmers dry-off for the season and put cows on winter grazing. ...
  • Hinds students are super spellers

    By Lance Isbister  June 4 2010 Hinds School students kept their composure to win a spelling quiz in a nerve-racking sudden-death spell-off against Geraldine in Timaru on Wednesday night. ...
  • Rugby girls issue a real challenge

    By Jonathan Leask  June 4 2010 The Ashburton College girls' rugby team took an extraordinary step this season of preparing its own haka. ...
  • Gypsy Day sees schools lose out

    By Susan Sandys  June 4 2010 Mid Canterbury primary schools have lost out in this year's Gypsy Day lottery, losing students rather than gaining them. ...
  • Principals at odds over uni entry rules

    By Susan Sandys  June 4 2010 Mid Canterbury's two secondary school principals are on opposite sides of the debate over universities tightening their entry criteria. ...
  • Wacky - but it's a wnner

    June 4 2010 It's a wacky idea that has proven to be a winner in Christchurch and now it's Ashburton's turn to change trash into cash for a good cause. ...
  • Editorial comment June 4 2010

    By Sue Newman It's an organisation that generally flies below the radar, but it's an organisation that makes a huge difference to the people whose lives it touches. ...
  • Pressure finally tells for the green machine

    By Jonathan Leask  June 4 2010 First blood in the Mid Canterbury senior rugby Watters Cup went to Celtic last night, with a 26-6 victory over Rakaia. ...
  • Home ground advantage proves vital

    By Jonathan Leask  June 4 2010 Ashburton College came out on top of its winter sports exchange with Rangiora by the slimmest of margins yesterday. ...
  • Cyberstalker targets college kids

    By Susan Sandys  June 3 2010 Almost 70 Mid Canterbury teenage Facebook users have been drawn into the world of a possible cyberstalker. ...
  • Dope-smoking students front up

    June 3 2010 Four Year 10 Ashburton College students who admitted smoking cannabis before school will face a disciplinary hearing at the school tonight. ...
  • District plan 'only a proposal'

    By Sue Newman  June 3 2010 Ashburton's proposed district plan is just that, a proposal, Ashburton District Council environmental services manager John McKenzie told a meeting of about 100 landowners in Ashburton last night. ...
  • Excitement growing over high-speed internet

    By Susan Sandys  June 3 2010 Carew Peel Forest School is likely to be the first in Mid Canterbury to be accessing the internet via fibre optic cable. ...
  • Editorial comment June 3 2010

    By Sue Newman Facebook, it's the social networking site that anyone who is anyone joins. ...
  • Hat-trick of tries not enough for College

    By Erin Bishop  June 3 2010 Ashburton College's unbeaten record in the Canterbury rural secondary schools' girls' rugby competition came to an end yesterday. ...
  • Track no problem for the youngsters

    June 3 2010 It might have been heavy going for the spectators, but the Ashburton Raceway track was still in good nick after a week of rain and didn't slow the runners in yesterday's Chertsey Trotting Club's trials. ...
  • Woman pleads guilty to fraud charges

    June 2 2010 An Ashburton woman allegedly paid $15,000 less in rent than she should have after failing to declare who lived with her, appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday. ...
  • New subdivision 'a touch of class'

    By Susan Sandys  June 2 2010 Methven Trotting Club members are breathing a sigh of relief this week as their multimillion dollar subdivision prepares to come on stream. ...

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