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When you move to a Ryman village, the last thing you need to think about are unexpected costs. We offer financial security with rates, home insurance, exterior maintenance and gardening all covered under one fixed base weekly fee*, meaning once you’ve moved in you can focus on the things you … View moreWhen you move to a Ryman village, the last thing you need to think about are unexpected costs. We offer financial security with rates, home insurance, exterior maintenance and gardening all covered under one fixed base weekly fee*, meaning once you’ve moved in you can focus on the things you enjoy.
Find out more about our living options today and get ready for a new lifestyle.
*Weekly fees only increase if you change from independent living to serviced apartment living, or you add extra care options.
Connection issues got you feeling sad? Extra charges making you mad? We encourage you talk to your provider first, often they will solve it quickly.
However, if it remains unresolved or if you need some help making your complaint, talk to TDR – your free and independent complaint service.
… View moreConnection issues got you feeling sad? Extra charges making you mad? We encourage you talk to your provider first, often they will solve it quickly.
However, if it remains unresolved or if you need some help making your complaint, talk to TDR – your free and independent complaint service.
We’re here to help when phone and internet disputes go bad.
Lesieli and Tāne embody the power of paying it forward through the Graeme Dingle Foundation.
Lesieli, ex Kiwi Can student, is now a Kiwi Can Leader teaching life skills such as respect and resilience to tamariki. Tāne, an ex Career Navigator student, returned to the Foundation as a Kiwi Can … View moreLesieli and Tāne embody the power of paying it forward through the Graeme Dingle Foundation.
Lesieli, ex Kiwi Can student, is now a Kiwi Can Leader teaching life skills such as respect and resilience to tamariki. Tāne, an ex Career Navigator student, returned to the Foundation as a Kiwi Can Leader, driven by his desire to make a positive impact. Their experiences have ignited a passion to empower the next generation of young people and give back to the Foundation.
Help us, help young people realise potential by donating today.
Find the new Chemist Warehouse at Rolleston Square, next to Supercheap Auto.
With the biggest range of all your health and beauty essentials at the lowest prices and free prescriptions* - the team are ready to help 7 days a week!
Don't worry if you can't make it in-store, you can … View moreFind the new Chemist Warehouse at Rolleston Square, next to Supercheap Auto.
With the biggest range of all your health and beauty essentials at the lowest prices and free prescriptions* - the team are ready to help 7 days a week!
Don't worry if you can't make it in-store, you can shop online 24/7!
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Chemist Warehouse - Great Savings, Every Day!
We are incredibly proud to welcome our new Neighbourly partner – the New Zealand Heart Foundation!
Not only will they be helping us to stay ‘heart healthy in our neighbourhoods,’ the Heart Foundation will also be sharing:
- News & updates from the incredible Heart Foundation Lottery… View moreWe are incredibly proud to welcome our new Neighbourly partner – the New Zealand Heart Foundation!
Not only will they be helping us to stay ‘heart healthy in our neighbourhoods,’ the Heart Foundation will also be sharing:
- News & updates from the incredible Heart Foundation Lottery – including how to win a brand-new home (check out our latest Lottery here)
- Heart-warming stories including how the Heart Foundation supports those in the community living with heart disease
- Handy heart health and wellbeing resources and tips
- How you can show your big heart through local volunteering opportunities
- How to eat healthy to your heart’s content with some great recipes
Please join us in giving the Heart Foundation a warm, hearty welcome!
We don’t need to go too far to hear about the cost of living crisis and the fact is, right now, 1 in 6 children go without essentials like food and clothing. While we can’t control this cost, we can make a difference. The Giving Store works to help kiwis give to kiwis.
When you donate one of… View moreWe don’t need to go too far to hear about the cost of living crisis and the fact is, right now, 1 in 6 children go without essentials like food and clothing. While we can’t control this cost, we can make a difference. The Giving Store works to help kiwis give to kiwis.
When you donate one of our Winter Essential Packs, 100% of your donation will go to families in need this winter. Let's not let the cost of living get in the way of giving. Together, we can make hope the headline
Switch up your place with fresh new looks that are high on impact and low on cost with Resene paints.
We know the spots in summer for beaching, camping and warm nights. But which NZ town really comes into its own during winter? Whether it's based on the activities, the beauty of the town or places to wine and dine, share your thoughts and reasons below!
Type 'Not For Print' if you… View moreWe know the spots in summer for beaching, camping and warm nights. But which NZ town really comes into its own during winter? Whether it's based on the activities, the beauty of the town or places to wine and dine, share your thoughts and reasons below!
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the We Say You Say column of your local paper.
From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
The Fairfield Freight Hub will, all going to plan, be operational by April next year.
The $18m project had been scheduled to start groundworks in February but delays in processing the resource consents pushed back the timeline.
Groundworks … View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
The Fairfield Freight Hub will, all going to plan, be operational by April next year.
The $18m project had been scheduled to start groundworks in February but delays in processing the resource consents pushed back the timeline.
Groundworks finally began in June, and it has been steady progress since.
Wareing Group director Mark Wareing held a quick site visit on Wednesday with Ashburton District councillor Rob Mackle, Talley’s Aaron Chudleigh and Rangitata MP Jo Luxton who was instrumental in getting the project going after it was initially turned down.
Wareing is hopeful it will be on track for an early 2024 opening.
“If things go wrong, mainly the weather and Fulton Hogan can’t put the hot mix down until it warms up it will start pushing things back.
“For me, that’s a disaster.”
Luxton was pleased to see the progress.
“It’s taking a bit of time to get to this point but really pleased that we have been able to get this happening and under way.”
KiwiRail is on-site working on upgrading the existing siding and is set for a block of line work at the end of the month, where they will put the new line in, Wareing said.
If the progress falls behind by December, Wareing said they will consider staging the construction to ensure it still becomes operational in April.
“If need be, we may just seal the part next to the line just to get it going but that will add cost as it means sealing it in two stages.
“If we are behind by Christmas, we’ll have that discussion.
“At this stage, everything is on track.”
That means the historic shunting yards in central Ashburton will shift north in early 2024 to the freight hub, which is being constructed on the Talley’s-owned site of the former Fairton freezing works.
Since works began, Wareing has noticed an increase in traffic past the site due to “a lot of community interest in the project". He said the benefits to the community from it would be long term.
The project is a tri-party commercial development led by the Wareing Group (which wholly owns Fairfield Freight Hub Ltd) with KiwiRail and the Ashburton District Council.
The project received $2.5m from the Government’s NZ Upgrade fund.
The council’s $2.3m contribution ended up being part of its $4.19 million in the Three Waters 'better off' funding.
Dear neighbours, every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of reader recipes using a seasonal crop. This month, we're on the hunt for spring salad recipes! Send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz by July 23, 2023. Every published recipe wins a copy of the September issue of NZ Gardener.
From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
An impasse remains over a contentious stockwater race that has divided a small corner of Mid Canterbury.
An application to close a section of stockwater in the Anama area, near Mayfield, was declined by the Ashburton District Council in December … View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
An impasse remains over a contentious stockwater race that has divided a small corner of Mid Canterbury.
An application to close a section of stockwater in the Anama area, near Mayfield, was declined by the Ashburton District Council in December with a focus group formed to try to find a solution.
Ashburton mayor Neil Brown chaired the focus group, which was working on possible alternative supplies for properties that had opposed the closure due to still needing access to stockwater.
The group held a second meeting in May.
Progress to find a suitable alternative solution that suits all parties had proved challenging, Brown said.
“We have met a couple of times and we have reached the conclusion that we can’t get agreement with all the parties to close the race.”
There are varying views and it has reached a stalemate, Brown said.
A recommendation will be coming to the council to recommend the race remains open, he said.
The proposed closure affects 20 properties and had been an even split between those supporting and opposing the closure.
When the council made its decision in December to decline the closure, it was seen as a compromise that didn’t leave properties without access to a stock water supply but at the same time issued notice that those property owners need to start to consider alternative options, as the council’s long-term direction is closing stockwater races.
The focus group’s stalemate was discussed at the council’s recent activity briefing, as was about 13km of Ealing Main (east of SH1) race recently closed and a further 30km of local races in the same area currently going through the closure process.
If those closures are completed, the report stated there “will be an opportunity to then initiate the closure of 23km of main race which currently supplies these local races”.
This July we have your chance to win a share of over $5,000 in New World gift vouchers! Simply grab your local newspaper, throw on your thinking cap, and complete the daily puzzle to be in to win.
Beginning on July 3, we will be placing a puzzle in your newspaper each day for a month. Complete … View moreThis July we have your chance to win a share of over $5,000 in New World gift vouchers! Simply grab your local newspaper, throw on your thinking cap, and complete the daily puzzle to be in to win.
Beginning on July 3, we will be placing a puzzle in your newspaper each day for a month. Complete all 28 puzzles for a higher chance to WIN. Once you’ve figured it out, head over to stuff.co.nz/puzzletime to enter the solution and be in to win.
To find out more about participating newspapers, click here
We've had such an amazing response to Bright Spots that we've decided to extend it for another week!
Now that it's the school holidays, why not get the kids or grandkids involved!
Celebrate the most colourful, quirky and joyful places in your community by snapping a photo or … View moreWe've had such an amazing response to Bright Spots that we've decided to extend it for another week!
Now that it's the school holidays, why not get the kids or grandkids involved!
Celebrate the most colourful, quirky and joyful places in your community by snapping a photo or two of a Bright Spot and sharing it here. There are 10 prizes of $250 Resene ColorShop vouchers and $250 Prezzy® cards up for grabs so you can create your own Bright Spot!
From local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
People will "have to stick to their knitting" until the Ashburton Public Library shifts into its new building.
At a recent council activity briefing, deputy mayor Liz McMillan was impressed to learn of the turn out to a knitting group … View moreFrom local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
People will "have to stick to their knitting" until the Ashburton Public Library shifts into its new building.
At a recent council activity briefing, deputy mayor Liz McMillan was impressed to learn of the turn out to a knitting group held at the library, and councillors were interested to know what more the library can offer once it moves to the new library, Te Pātaka o kā Tuhituhi, later this year.
Library membership numbers are in decline, which council chief executive Hamish Riach put down to “a consequence of Covid”.
But he said it was only one measure of library usage, which is now much more than just books.
In her report at the briefing, library manager Jill Watson outlined an increase in usage by a variety of groups, something councillors saw as a growth opportunity with the increased space and opportunities in the new facility.
“More and more people are going to the library not just to get a book out, they are doing other activities,” McMillan said.
One that stuck out to councillors was 112 people attending nine sessions of a knitting circle held at the library.
With some groups and events proving more popular than others, the library is “reassessing as we go” before the move, Watson said.
“E-Sports is another thing that has a lot of youth interest but it’s probably something we can’t do until we get into the new building.”
What more can be offered at the library was being considered, but any review of the operating hours will wait until after the move.
Having attended two of the Tuesday councillor chat sessions in the library, councillor Tony Todd said few people seemed to enter the library after 6pm.
But he didn’t think a review of opening hours was necessary until the library is in its new space.
As it will feature more, and larger meeting rooms, there may be more demand for groups to hold meetings in the evenings, Watson said.
“Until we get to the new building we won’t know exactly what shape that takes.”
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