An 11-year-old girl who went missing in Ashburton has been found.

That SFF's Fairton plant was closing came as no surprise to most who lost their jobs.

Ashburton District Mayor Donna Favel discuss the closing proposal that will remove 370 job positions.

Mother and daughter in hospital after a night of violence in Canterbury.

Fur is flying over a $3000 donation, feral cats - and a 2-legged moggie that uses wheels.

Ashburton farmer who bashed heavily-pregnant ex-partner jailed for eight years.

Two jailed for 2014 manslaughter of Ashburton man Aaron 'AJ' Gairns

Enjoy the fine weather while it lasts because rain is on the way.

The consent allows its new owner to extract 4.3 million litres of water a day until 2032.

A teacher has left Auckland after "four or five years" trying to save for a house deposit.

Convicted killer sentenced for jail rampage

A woman has been injured after being hit by a truck on a Mid Canterbury farm today.

The man killed on State Highway 77 yesterday has been named.

A man has died after a crash in Mid Canterbury this morning.

A 400sq m bush blaze is burning beside a rural road near Ashburton.

Chris Buick's attack on his heavily-pregnant former partner only stopped when she lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.

Two children have narrowly avoided injury after almost being struck by a train this evening.

A convicted killer has today admitted going on a prison rampage that caused $6000 worth of damage in December.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

A motorcyclist who went under a milk tanker that caught fire in a crash near Ashburton this afternoon has died.

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The Court of Appeal has confirmed a hearing date next year for Work and Income double-killer Russell John Tully.

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.

Grieving family faces a new tragedy.

A man was stabbed to death overnight.

The Ministry of Social Development may have to pay millions to make Work and Income offices safer for staff.

Five-hundred cows stolen from a mid-Canterbury dairy farm were probably rustled over a period of months, police believe.

A coroner has ruled Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley died from a massive blow to her head on the day she went missing.

As part of our comprehensive build-up to Rio 2016, the Herald, in association with ANZ, is counting down New Zealand's top Olympic

The Ashburton Council has reneged on its deal to sell commercial land to a Chinese company planning to bottle water for export.