The Methven resident was on his way home from Ashburton when he ploughed into three cows at about 7pm on Saturday.

An Ashburton university student suffered bruising after a heroic tussle with an intruder in her Wellington flat.

The truck driver who drove into the path of an oncoming train in May has claimed sun strike was the cause of the smash.

More than a hundred food handlers in Ashburton have been vaccinated against hepatitis A, as the virus continues to spread through the township.

Three weeks ago Col Sheehan was enjoying a few holes at the Tinwald Golf Course before his pet very likely saved his life.

A truck was cut in half and debris scattered for 500 metres when it was hit by a train at a rail crossing in Ashburton this morning.

Samuel John Townhill, 39, pleaded guilty in Ashburton District Court yesterday to two charges of destroying the nests of black-billed gulls laid under the Wildlife Act.

Serious questions are being raised as to how the Ministry of Education allowed a bus company to compromise the safety and welfare of disabled children in Ashburton.

A teenager will reappear in Youth Court today charged with the murder of young Ashburton mother Sina Solomona.

Mystery surrounds what caused a power outage that left two thirds of urban Ashburton in the dark on Tuesday night.

A youth has appeared in court this morning charged with murdering Ashburton mother Sina Solomona.

Colin Hogg finds a southern town steeped in heritage.

A three-year old Canterbury girl is recovering in hospital after contracting a life-threatening disease while feeding a baby lamb.

A woman who died when she was hit by a train today near Ashburton had been the subject of a police pursuit earlier this morning.