by Jacqui Rawson | Jun 18, 2020 | Local News
The Nelson Tasman Hospice is needing volunteers more now than ever. Their general source of volunteers is in an older age bracket who haven’t been able to offer their support recently because their priority has been keeping themselves safe during Covid-19. “We really...
by Jacob Page | Jun 18, 2020 | Sport
Waimea College will have some familiar former faces coaching some of their teams. Lucy Ingham and Kalyssa Rasmussen are coaching junior netball while Hannah Taylor is coaching basketball. All three represented Waimea successfully for their given sports and now as...
by admin | Jun 18, 2020 | Local News
A local business owner was ‘heartbroken’ when her café was robbed overnight recently. Kirsty Nicholls, who owns ‘Duck In’ lunch bar and cafe on Cargill Place in Richmond, came into work on Thursday 6 June, only to discover a broken window and a missing till. “I’ve...
by Jacob Page | Jun 13, 2020 | Local News
Richmond painters Gavin Lambert and Troy Perry welcome the government’s decision to scrap fees for apprentices from July 1. The $320million programme aims to stave off a sharp drop in training as occurred after the global financial crisis, when trainees dipped from...
by Jacqui Rawson | Jun 12, 2020 | Local News
Fundraising is the lifeblood that keeps some organisations in our community up and running. The mechanisms that generate those funds have been shut down during coronavirus. Think basic fundraising like the reliable sausage sizzle disappearing along with the...
