Popular manager retires

Popular manager retires

Steve Page Westmeat has been a part of the Tasman community landscape for quite some time and is one of the busiest butcher shops and meat processers in the South Island. A big part of that team was its manager Kevin Krammer who has spent over 46 years in the butchery...
Raeward Fresh wins with perfect sausage

Raeward Fresh wins with perfect sausage

Raeward Fresh Richmond has won a gold medal in this year’s Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. More than 90 butcheries from around New Zealand put their best snarlers forward, culminating in over 500 sausages being poked, sniffed and tasted across 13...
Budget brides in designer gowns

Budget brides in designer gowns

Susan Johnson In a small room two floors above Trafalgar Street is a room full of bridal gowns that Sue Sara hires out to brides on a budget. In fact, Sue can provide just about everything for the bridal party, from the mother of the brides’ dress to dresses for the...
Brightwater set to host hill climb

Brightwater set to host hill climb

Jacob Page Brightwater’s Mt Heslington Rd will host “an old fashioned, action-packed” hill climb on Sunday. Motocross Events Nelson’s Dan Shallcrass says after trialling the idea last year, the event was back and keen to build on the initial success. “It’s an old...
Spark tower to boost coverage in Appleby

Spark tower to boost coverage in Appleby

Spark is has built a new cell tower at Lansdowne Road, next to Nelson Speedway. “We build new cell sites when demand in the immediate area reaches capacity and there has been significant growth in demand for digital services in the Nelson area,” says Arwen Vant,...