by Waimea Weekly | Nov 28, 2019 | Local News
It was a big year for the A&P Show. Celebrating its 125th birthday, the show went all out this year, and the crowds turned up for it, approximately 10,000 over the weekend. The showgrounds have an interesting history, the original stands which were three-tiered...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 19, 2019 | Local News
Susan Johnson Over Labour weekend the Nelson Country Music Club will be holding its popular 33rd annual country music awards. It’s going to be a very busy weekend with 79 competitors and 366 performances over two days of judging starting at 8am each morning. In each...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 6, 2019 | Sport
Jacob Page The Nelson region has had many brushes with All Blacks greats, almost greats and those players who got close to the black jersey before Tasman’s crop of 2019 All Blacks like Atu Moli, who starts at prop tonight against Canada in Japan, and Shannon Frizell....
by Waimea Weekly | Sep 22, 2019 | Local News
Susan Johnson The rank of local talented artists has been increased by the arrival in Richmond of Paul Deacon, marine artist. Acknowledged to be one of New Zealand’s leading marine artists, he is entirely self-taught. Son of a fisherman and an artistic mum, Paul spent...
by Waimea Weekly | Sep 19, 2019 | Local News
Sara Hollyman Fonterra’s Brightwater plant is part of a bold new target to save more than 3.4 billion litres of water every year. The co-operative announced last week that six of its manufacturing sites in water-constrained regions will reduce their water use by 30...
