Bays Boating scoops the award second year running
Motueka’s Bays Boating has been awarded the title of Mclay Boats dealer of the year for the second year in a row at the Hutchwilco New Zealand, Auckland Boat Show. The Milton-based boat builder has 10 dealers across NZ, and also exports to Australia and Sweden. Bays...
Performing arts teacher goes global
Waimea Colleges teacher of performing arts, Melanie Stewart, has been selected as one of eight teachers around the country to represent New Zealand in London as a member of Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Teachers Go Global 2018 (SGCNZ TGG 2018). The group will...
Plastic not so fantastic
Imagine a world without plastic waste. That’s the mission behind Plastic Free July, to build a global movement that drastically reduces plastic use and improves recycling. From humble beginnings that originated in Perth, Australia, the Plastic Free July Foundation is...
Cafe CupCycling now in Richmond
The successful CupCycling campaign that has been running in Motueka for the past ten months is now expanding to Richmond. The innovative programme aims to cut the number of disposable coffee cups people throw away and reduce the waste that ends up in our landfill. The...
Animal whisperer sings Angels praises
Karen Howieson is an accomplished woman. One of the founding members, and the community coordinator, of The Nelson ARK, previously a health promoter and lecturer, with extensive experience in youth work and counselling, with a passion for animals and their welfare....
Attention all gun owners:
On Monday June 25, at Saxton Field Netball Pavillion, about seventy of us met for an Arms Act Service Delivery Group Meeting, and were welcomed by Superintendent Mike McIlraith, who stated that the purpose of the meeting was to hear from the shooting community how...
Queen St ready for action
It’s been 512 days since Richmond’s Queen St upgrade kicked off and while at times the wait for completion may have seemed arduous, the mood among retailers at Richmond Unlimited’s BBQ Business Breakfast on Monday, July 2, was buoyant. Richmond District...
Time to carve out retirement
Fresh out of school at 16 Lorraine Hannah began work on her parents’ tobacco farm in Hope but, after a half-day on the end of a hoe, decided it wasn’t for her. She soon secured work at the Nelson Freezing Company, a meat processing plant, and Lorraine has remained in...
Youth now have speaking rights at council meetings
The Tasman District Youth Council was formed in 1998 after local young people told the council they wanted to have their voices heard and their interests taken seriously. On May 31, two youth councillor representatives attended their first formal council committee...
Road safety mentorship on offer for motorcyclists
A new volunteer charity is establishing in the Nelson Tasman district, to promote better riding and enhance road safety, by taking the standard of riders to a level significantly higher than that required to pass a normal riding test. IAM (Institute of Advanced...