Walking for women everywhere
Residents of St Arnaud enjoyed an excuse to catch up with one another on Sunday, April 29, during the annual Women Walk the World community event. The event is held to raise funds for the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) organisation that is dedicated to...
Apple harvest up to expectations
With most apple picking having been finished at the end of April, this year’s season has not been without its setbacks. But despite all this, according to Gary Jones, business development manager for Apples and Pears NZ, “the season is going really well.” The Nelson...
Students play their hearts out at SmokefreeRockquest
Students from all over the Nelson/Tasman region gathered at the Theatre Royal on May 5 to showcase their musical talents, competing in the regional heats round, in a bid for one of the top spots, for this year’s SmokefreeRockquest. Now in its 30th year, the nationwide...
Big bucks for cycle trail
Tasman’s Great Taste Trail has received $300,000 from the Maintaining Great Rides (MGR) fund, the maximum allocated to a trail in a round of funding. “It’s such great news. We were kind of expecting it, but it’s so good to get confirmation,” says trail manager Josh...
Club stalwart remembered at ride
A highly respected and much-loved member of the motorcycle fraternity will be remembered on Sunday, May 6, during the annual club champs for Top of the South VMX club in Tadmor. Ray Anderson was a member of the Nelson motorcycle club from 1947 until his passing in...
Young adventure racers dig deep to take title
Already fatigued and with cramp setting in, the Waimea Adventure racing team of year-13 students, Maggie McLean, Cameron Jones, Mac Karalus and Luke Born dug deep on the home straight to emerge winners of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Adventure Race held in Hawkes...
Young musicians ready to rock
Bands and soloists will battle it out on stage this Saturday, May 6, during Smokefreerockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats Nelson and Marlborough heats at the Theatre Royal in Nelson from 1pm. Waimea College bands boast 10 of the 15 band entries while Brooklyn Scott...
New CEO announced for TDC
Tasman District Council’s new CEO will begin work on May, 28. Since the current CEO Lindsay McKenzie announced his retirement last year the Council has undertaken a wide search for a replacement. Janine Dowding has been selected to lead the Council. Living locally,...
Peace, solitude and the chance to be in the moment
The ‘Casting for Recovery’ programme was on over the weekend providing pampering, healing and therapy. The event has been running in New Zealand since 2012 and Owen River Lodge has been a key part of it since the beginning. The mission of ‘Casting for Recovery’ (CFR)...
Finding the humour
Being a step-parent isn’t easy at times and 30 year old Brightwater-raised comedian Ben ‘Tito’ Caldwell knows that all too well. His wife had three adopted kids when they first met, all of them have special needs. To complicate things further, they added another two...