by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | Local News
A funding boost from the government means 30 new jobs will be created across the Tasman District. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment recently confirmed $1.5million worth of funding to redeploy locals who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19. The...
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Local News
‘Farm to table’ is the way to go. Local butcher Ulrich Heck would know. Not only has the German-born butcher been in the industry his whole life, but his family can even trace their butchery roots back to 1503, in Heidelberg, Germany. “It’s burned in my DNA,”...
by admin | Jun 19, 2020 | Local News
A local artist has created an abstract Covid series of sketches, which he has donated to a local charity. Richmond artist Patrick Townley has been making art his whole life. He studied fine arts in the UK before moving to New Zealand, and he’s taught art at NMIT,...
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 admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Local News
A regional 0800 number that was set up by Civil Defence to support the community during the Covid crisis is now being scaled down after what is being described as a huge success. Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management group controller, Roger Ball, said the...
