The Ashburton Guardian is a daily newspaper published in Ashburton, New Zealand

Ashburton, New Zealand

Ashburton is a town and district in the Canterbury Region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the third-largest centre in Canterbury, after Christchurch and Timaru. The area around Ashburton is frequently referred to as Mid Canterbury, which is also the name of the...

 according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation in New Zealand it has a readership of approximately 11,000 and a circulation of 5,554.

The newspaper is a member of the New Zealand Press Association

New Zealand Press Association

The New Zealand Press Association was a news agency that existed from 1879 to 2011 and provided national and international news to the media of New Zealand. The largest news agency in the country, it was founded as the United Press Association in 1879, and became the New Zealand Press Association...

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According to the Newspaper Publishers Association of New Zealand the Ashburton Guardian was first published in September 1879.