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Ashburton’s budget awaits water reform figures

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/ashburtons-budget-awaits-water-reform-figures/

Published: March 10, 2025 03:30

Ashburton ratepayers look set to still have an average rates rise under 10%, but a "few balls" remain in the air before a figure will be confirmed.Two budgets - the roading and drinking water and wastewater budgets - are being examined with a fine-toothed…

Pipe band ready up for nationals

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/pipe-band-ready-up-for-nationals/

Published: March 6, 2025 15:00

It’s off to nationals for our local pipers and drummers.The Ashburton crew will head south to compete at the 2025 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships this week, and for a few newcomers, it’ll be their first time.Pipers Charlotte McDowell and Nickola Forde,…

Council says flock off to pigeons

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/council-says-flock-off-to-pigeons/

Published: March 6, 2025 14:00

Pigeons are not welcome at Te Whare Whakatere in Ashburton.The district council plans to spend $20,000 on a Flock-Off bird deterrent system to rid the new $62.1m library and civic centre of its bothersome birds.Chief executive Hamish Riach said the cost of…

Mayor wants crack down on rogue road cones

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/mayor-wants-crack-down-on-rogue-road-cones/

Published: March 6, 2025 14:00

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown wants to crack down on abandoned road cones “littering” the district.The mayor said is fed up with road cones being left out by contractors when work is not being done or has been completed.“If they are not being used, it'

Expect “congestion and delays” from SH1 asphalt resurfacing in Ashburton

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/expect-congestion-and-delays-from-sh1-asphalt-resurfacing-in-ashburton/

Published: March 6, 2025 00:17

Ashburton’s bottleneck on State Highway 1 is set to be a construction zone for five weeks which “will cause congestion and delays in the area during daytime”.NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has confirmed night works are due to start on March 30 and go…

Riach reappointed to top job

https://www.guardianonline.co.nz/news/riach-reappointed-to-top-job/

Published: March 6, 2025 00:15

Hamish Riach has been appointed the chief executive for the Ashburton District Council for the next five years - a job he has already been doing for almost seven years.Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown said current chief executive Riach had been offered…