A weekend for art lovers
Artist Cindy Hutton is looking forward to the personal interaction with visitors to this year’s Art Expo Nelson, being held this Friday to Sunday at the Trafalgar Centre. “I do like to meet people who buy my work. It’s different from pieces that are bought in an...
Harold’s racy new wheels
Thanks to local organisations, Harold the Giraffe, the Life Education Trust’s much-loved mascot, and Ingrid Kemp, Life Education’s educator, have a new vehicle to deliver the trusts important message to children around the region. Life Education Trust is a...
New hunting comp based on short films
This Saturday, September 1, marks the start of a six-week “unique” hunting competition with all proceeds going toward a late hunter’s daughter’s education. When Pete Adams had a mole removed and tested from his leg in 2015 the results came back clear, but a couple of...
Instrumental in country’s first record
He’s been credited with contributing toward New Zealand music’s ‘big bang’ moment, but Richmond’s Jim Carter says he was “lucky”. On his lap steel guitar in 1948, Jim played the first notes on ‘Blue Smoke’ written by Ruru Karaitiana and sung by Pixie Williams. The...
Training pays off for downhill biker
The hard yards of training paid off for Richmond’s Reuben Bensemann as he took out the 2018 overall downhill winter series title for his first time. With a series of five races, each of anywhere between 3-5 minutes, the avid mountainbiker says following a race he’d...
Students perform well at national tournament
During the last term break from July 8-12, six Tapawera Area School students travelled to Christchurch for the National Area Schools Tournament. Principal Kelvin Woodley accompanied Shania Mckenzie, Mariah Goldsworthy, Clay Morgan, Logan Chetham, Phathisa Khumalo and...
Future-proofing a historic land
Committee members of the Nelson A & P Association are working tirelessly to future-proof the woodland area of Richmond Park land on Lower Queen St. Nelson A & P Association manager Annette Robinson says the committee have set up a management programme, with...
Sibling rivalry an advantage for teams
This netball season Waimea College has seen a bit of sibling rivalry going on, with three sets of sisters in the same two netball teams, Waimea 9A and Waimea senior B. Waimea 9A coach Toni Burn says she noticed after the first couple of practices this year that there...
Murchison Mounted Games a success
Murchison Pony Club, along with the Canterbury Mounted Games Association, held a Mounted Games skill learning workshop and Swinging Pairs competition over the weekend. Riders aged between 10-60 years travelled from all over the South Island for the event. Organiser...
Creative costumes on show
The women at Waimea Soroptimists are enthusiastically preparing for their inaugural Artful Creations event. Taking place on Friday, August 24, at Hope’s Community Hall, it is a creative design competition that culminates with the 7.30pm show. “A club like ours is...