Ashburton Courier
Council eyes new footpath
[email protected] [email protected] 308 7664 021 510 804 [email protected] 308 7664 027 306 7889 [email protected] Ashburton residents might finally get a new $1.5m footpath, but...
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River inspiration for new track
Rakaia School is planning a new concrete wheels track designed around the concept of the braided Rakaia River, assistant principal Natasha Jenkins says. ‘‘We realised our connection to the river is very important. It will even have a bridge,” she...
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Exhibit honour
Graphic designer/illustrator Ross Ellen has a contemporary art image featuring in the Ashburton Clock Tower exhibit in the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum. He’s honoured to be included. The exhibition marks 50 years of the iconic clock. ‘‘I feel...
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Flava success
Hampstead School, Ashburton Intermediate School and Ashburton College have tasted success at Flava Fest at Arowhenua Marae on Friday and Saturday. It’s an annual cultural event showcasing kapa haka, visual arts, and performing arts for schools across...
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Miniatures plan great escape
Small escapees are planning to hide in downtown Ashburton in the upcoming school holidays to raise funds, and awareness, for the Ashburton Toy Library. They will be making appearances around the central business district for amateur detectives to...
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Nine year wait finally over
[email protected] [email protected] A principal with a school “bursting at the seams” from an everincreasing roll has had some relief with the arrival of two new classrooms. They are currently being fitted...
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Going above & beyond
Shiny black Chrysler’s are the favourite car of Diane Ross. She owns two. Her favourite is a 1936 Convertible Coupe, which she has owned for more than 50 years. It has its original AA badge and factory radio. The other is a PT Cruiser, which Diane...
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Health benefits
Seven Plains Rotary club members took a behind the scenes look last week into the workings of a digital video laryngoscope machine at the Rural Health Academic Centre at Ashburton Hospital. It was the same machine funded by the club for the training...
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Perfect score
Young mathematicians from St Joseph's School of Ashburton have won a closefought battle at the Year 7 Aoraki Maths Competition in Timaru. Noah Shibu, Oakley Breading, Max Parkin and James Hawe scored an impressive 20 out of 20 correct answers in 30...
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Supporting firefighters
A generous donation by benefactors Wyvern Jones and his late wife Beth, has kitted the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade out with a new operational support vehicle. Fully equipped with generators, traffic cones and much more, the new ute is likened to...
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