Milestone for pottery society
By Mick Jensen
Pottery wheels have been spinning and kilns fired up at the Ashburton Pottery Society on countless occasions over the past 50 years.
The...
Club to host motorsport training
The Ashburton Car Club are hosting free driver training sessions for people to learn basic motorsport and car control.
Drivers can provide their own car,...
Ace student off to Germany
Top-performing Ashburton College student Diana Barbu had claimed a prestigious science scholarship and will spend most of August tackling neurophysiology and other topics in...
A career of note – it’s quite a story
By John Keast
The skidoo was hurtling down Mt Hutt.
Maureen Bishop was on the back clinging to the driver - and a camera.
The idea had...
When the troops went to Westerfield
By John Keast
There are still plenty of trees on Richard Langdon's farm at Westerfield - he has a strong interest in forestry - and...
Rural church stands proud again
The Church of the Holy Innocents near Peel Forest is tucked away in peaceful solitude among trees and below towering hills on the...
A fight against pain, weight loss
By John Keast
Mark Crotty is battling on two fronts.
He is fighting for his health and for access to medically prescribed cannabis.
The tall young man...
Sir Stephen opens up on charity and business
Sir Stephen Tindall could not help himself, calling into the Red Shed at Rolleston.
The founder of The Warehouse, though he is taking a year...
A world captured in little moments
William Williams saw the world in little moments.
A woman in a hammock, her white dress trailing over its edge; a man in dress clothes...
Italian glamour for museum open day
The stately Bianchi is ready.
The Italian town car has just finished carrying dignitaries for a Passchendaele parade in Timaru, and on Saturday November 4,...
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