Stories by Jonathan Leask

Methven's Dame Lynda Topp says she is committed to her election candidacy campaign despite setbacks in her cancer treatment.

The Ashburton District Council's approval rating has plunged to its lowest level and there is a "clear link" to the state of the roads.

Ashburton's planned second bridge now faces its biggest hurdle, with the need to find $76 million more than originally expected to pay for it.

Dame Lynda Topp joins a host of new names seeking a seat on the Ashburton District Council, which is set for a changing of the guard with four current councillors not standing for re-election.

The incident involved a female student being recorded as she was being assaulted by another girl at the school.

A large-scale solar farm planned in Mid Canterbury will have the capacity to power the district on its own and could impact power prices.

Opinion - The government is pressing forward with its plans to redefine how three waters infrastructure is operated in New Zealand through centralisation, but a faction of district councils, including…

Ashburton is being made to "look scruffy" by KiwiRail, a district councillor says, and she wants it to do better.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says there has been no budget blow out at the new library and civic centre.

The Ashburton District Council's draft annual plan proposing a 9.4 percent rate increase has received a paltry 58 submissions with five days before consultation closes.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown is hoping for at least a pause to proceedings as the fight against the Three Waters reform continues.

Mayor Neil Brown is surprised the Ashburton District's rate rise is one of the highest in the country.

The Stocker family were supposed to be enjoying their new home by now but are still, along with others, at loggerheads with ECan over wastewater consent related to nitrate risk in Ashburton's…

Ashburton's tourism promoters are more focussed on business support than marketing, as confidence in the sector suffers from Covid-19 symptoms.

It appears not everyone has been taken in by the magic of Methven's Enchanted Forest.

Ashburton District Council's "no frills' budget still delivers the biggest rate rise in over a decade - and it hasn't gone down well with the public.

Canterbury's DHB is already teetering on patient capacity, three weeks away from an expected peak of Covid-19 cases.

Ashburton councillors questioning the authenticity of climate change have been labelled "embarrassing" by one of their own.