McCaw has landed!
More than 300 Brightwater school students turned up at 7 am on Tuesday to see Fonterra Ambassador and former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw fly in with his chopper to do the milk run. The school submitted a video, created by some of the students, to the Fonterra...
Kohatu gets a green light
Kohatu Park Trust received the golden egg this Easter with the commitment of $300,000 from the Tasman District Council. The trust is developing a motorsport and adventure park accessed via Olivers Rd near Tapawera, and these funds are hoped to pave the way for further...
Plan for Great Taste Trail
Waimea Weekly - April 4 issue There was damage to the Great Taste Trail in February and the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trails Trust has been working very hard since then to repair damaged sections. While devastating, around 95% of the Great Taste Trail is in good shape, so...
Popular GP farewelled
Waimea Weekly - April 4 issue If you were none the wiser you could be forgiven for thinking there’d been an outbreak in Wakefield as a steady stream of the Health Centre’s patients entered the building last Thursday, March 29. But they were walking in with good...
Higgins Heritage Park celebrate 120 years of motoring
Waimea Weekly - April 4 issue Higgins Heritage Park will be hosting an open day on April 15 to celebrate 120 years of motoring. Ten veteran cars from around New Zealand, as well as new hybrid, e-cars and electric pushbikes from 2018, will be on show. “This is a...
Riding Rainbow year-round a possibility
As the snow disappears on Rainbow Ski Area at the end of each winter so to does the mountain’s ability to provide a playground for adventure seekers. But that could all change in the future with management keen to explore the option of capitalising on popular summer...
Richie McCaw flying this way
All Fonterra ‘Milk for Schools’ primary schools in New Zealand have had the opportunity to win one of four school visits by Fonterra ambassador Richie McCaw. Brightwater School applied, they built their Richie statue, made videos and posed for photos, but it...