Grab a free bike, help fix it up and take it home. It’s yours to keep. It sounds like a great idea, right? That’s what will be happening on 28 September at Saxton Field, from 9am to mid-day. Already 40 people have registered for it, but it is still possible to save a place for the next turn.

Monday, 23 September is the first day of Spring and the flower season starts with the traditional Spring Flower Show, on Saturday 21 September at Brightwater Hall. The event will be open to the public from 9am to 3:15pm.

Brightwater’s plant is one of the six Fonterra manufacturing sites which are part of a new target to save more than 3.4 billion litres of water every year. The aim is to reduce their water use by 30 per cent by 2030.

Kai With Love needed help from the community to bring to Richmond a 700-litre freezer from the North Island. Mark Holland, the General Manager of TNL Freighting was there to help.

Local elections are just around the corner and have you already decided who are you going to vote for? The postal voting and special votes are open from 20 September to 12 October. You will choose a new mayor for the Tasman District Council and also the councillors...

This new section of trail is 3.8km long and follows the Wai-iti River from Pigeon Valley Road to Hoult Valley Road. It will be open on 29 September.

The Wakefield Country Players are in final rehearsals for their production of The Wizard of Oz. On Friday and Saturday nights, the audience will be invited to bring their own picnic and will be seated at tables. Shows are between the 13 and 21 September.

One of the oldest clubs in the region, the Ladies Friendship club, turned 30 this week. The chairman of FNZI (Friendship New Zealand Incorporated), Graeme Pierson flew up from Christchurch to present them with a certificate to acknowledge the milestone. 

A Richmond family is devasted by the Government’s decision to decline their affordable subdivision proposal.