by Waimea Weekly | Aug 8, 2018 | Local News, Sport
The Nelson Car Club has admitted they made a mistake with their paperwork for the MRF Mainland Series 2018 car rally race, which resulted in them incorrectly setting out their course on Saturday, July 14, and racing on unpermitted stretches of public roads. Tasman...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 4, 2018 | Local News, Sport
The Nelson Bays Interclub finals were played at Waimea Squash Club last week. Spectators were treated to a thrilling night of squash, in what was arguably the closest results seen in the competition’s history. The mens final was contested between Waimea 2 and Motueka...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 4, 2018 | Local News
The Commercial Hotel has a history that goes back longer than the township has been called Murchison. According to Murchison Museum archives, in 1873 Thomas Kerr built the first Commercial Hotel in Hampden (renamed Murchison in 1882, as there were three Hampdens in...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 3, 2018 | Local News
Owen River Lodge has been selected as a finalist in the 2018 New Zealand Tourism Awards, the $36 billion-dollar tourism industry’s most prestigious awards. The five-star fly fishing lodge borders the Kahurangi National Park and is a mecca for brown trout with 29...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 3, 2018 | Local News
Rural Women St Arnaud are a sensational group of eleven women who are committed to helping their local and wider community in various ways. This year alone they have managed to raise and donate over $6000 for local organisations, including Nelson Tasman Hospice,...
