by Waimea Weekly | Dec 22, 2018 | Local News
It’s official, the tree is up and Christmas day is just around the corner! Charlotte Bidlake from Richmond Unlimited says the group commissioned a local resident who specialises in wrought iron art, Adam Styles, for this year’s creation. “Adam was given the brief to...
by Waimea Weekly | Dec 21, 2018 | Local News
Around 80 motorbikes roared their way through Richmond recently for the annual fund-raising ride for the Salvation Army organised by Ulysses Nelson. Organiser Allan Smith says that, despite transport constraints and the weather, the ride went well. “Normally we have...
by Waimea Weekly | Dec 21, 2018 | Local News
Skilled local youth workers, the Tasman Street Ambassadors, are out patrolling the streets again and helping keep the public safer until early February. The team of 19 across Tasman and Nelson districts patrol public places, deliver safety messages and offer advice...
by Waimea Weekly | Dec 20, 2018 | Local News
The newest section of the Great Tasman Taste Trail is set to open in time for the Christmas break and, according to Higgins representative Kim Ace, it is already being touted as perhaps the ‘smoothest unsealed cycle trail in the country.’ Construction began in...
by Waimea Weekly | Dec 20, 2018 | Local News
Claude Teece was born on December 12, 1918. He survived three years of soldiering in Cairo during World War Two. He married his teenage sweetheart, Kath, as soon as he got back from the war and they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary just before Kath’s passing...
