by editor | Sep 20, 2019 | Local News
Monday, 23 September is the first day of Spring and the flower season starts with the traditional Spring Flower Show, on Saturday 21 September at Brightwater Hall. The event will be open to the public from 9am to 3:15pm. “Brightwater Horticultural Society has been...
by Waimea Weekly | Sep 19, 2019 | Local News
Sara Hollyman Fonterra’s Brightwater plant is part of a bold new target to save more than 3.4 billion litres of water every year. The co-operative announced last week that six of its manufacturing sites in water-constrained regions will reduce their water use by 30...
by editor | Sep 19, 2019 | Local News
A 700-litre freezer for ‘Kai With Love’ had to count on a lot of help from the community to arrive in Richmond from the North Island. “We’ve been looking for an affordable freezer this size for about six months. Most of them get snapped up quickly by the guys who hunt...
by editor | Sep 18, 2019 | Local News
Local elections are just around the corner and have you already decided who are you going to vote for? The postal voting and special votes are open from 20 September to 12 October. You will choose a new mayor for the Tasman District Council and also the councillors...
by editor | Sep 18, 2019 | Local News
Next Sunday you will have an excellent reason to take your bike out of the garage and head to Wakefield for the opening of Tasman’s Great Taste Trail from Wakefield to Hoult Valley. This new section of trail is 3.8km long and follows the Wai-iti River from Pigeon...