Luxury lodge in running for major national award
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...
Rural Women are committed to their St Arnaud community
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,...
Locally created e-bike set to launch
Frank Witowski began designing, by his account, the first carbon fibre e-bike cruiser, 14 months ago while in his Richmond home. “I had thought ‘lets get an e-bike’ but they were really expensive and I couldn’t find what I wanted. So I thought I could design an e-bike...
Ball to benefit Parkinson sufferers
Living on the other side of the globe hasn’t prevented Lucy Lithgow from coming to the aid of her father who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. “My way of helping is raising funds for research because that goes worldwide for progressive medication,” says Lucy. On...
Unruly children test staff
Parents who walk into a café or restaurant and leave their parenting duties at the door are driving local restaurant and café staff to despair. Of particular annoyance is the trend for parents to retaliate toward establishments that have chided their children, by...
Equestrian crosses the ditch for title
Local hairdresser Natasha Connolly first started riding at the age of three, after a recommendation from a specialist to aid with her epilepsy. Natasha has her condition completely under control now, and has done for quite a few years, however the horse riding is...
The ultimate gift
Richmond woman Aleisha Hart bravely embarked into unchartered territory last September when she was implanted with an embryo on a surrogacy journey for two Auckland men. “There’s always been something inside of me interested in these things,” says Aleisha. Answering a...
Judo champ dreaming big
Louise Kelly recently spent six months overseas, two months in Scotland and four months in Budapest, at an Olympic training centre and competing in the junior European circuit. The 20-year-old brown belt has been training in Judo for nine years and has an impressive...
Renowned a cappella singing coach in tow
Richmond women are joining their counterparts of the Nelson Bays Harmony this weekend in Nelson to enjoy tutelage by one of the world’s best a cappella singing coaches. Virginia Humphrey-Taylor is coming to do what she does best; pass on her passion for a capella,...
TV queen to unite Coasters
Queen of reality television Dame Julie Christie will reconnect with her fellow Coasters at Club Waimea on August 12, when she’ll be hosted as a guest speaker. “We’re thrilled to have her this year,” say organisers of the annual ex-West Coast get-togethers, Shona...