by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 18, 2021 | Local News
The Tasman District Library is heading outdoors by showing up in various locations around the region. The initiative is providing general library services plus information on what events and resources are available within the library. “The pop-up library will be a...
by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 18, 2021 | Local News
The Richmond Hospice Shop has been donated a doll’s house which is testament to the dedication to getting every single detail right. An anonymous donator worked endlessly on the two-storied bach. The maker of the doll’s house says it was a real labour of love. She...
by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 14, 2021 | Local News
Over 550 students from Waimea Intermediate joined their teammates in fancy dress and sporting team colours to compete in the annual swimming, running, and cycling event last Friday. Usually, the school has a great turn out of spectators in the form of whanau but this...
by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 14, 2021 | Local News
Ivan Stevens was having renovations done to his bathroom when the builder found something hidden in the wall. It was a photo negative of a wedding party having their official wedding photo taken outside a church. Ivan’s house on Cheyne Walk, near Washbourn Gardens, in...
by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 13, 2021 | Local News
Skilled construction workers are a sought-after commodity in a sector seeing huge activity with expectations for continued growth. Daniel Platts and Troy Routledge have taken up the chance to gain skills as part of the government initiative to provide free trades...
by Jacqui Rawson | Mar 12, 2021 | Local News
The Tasman Bay Food Co. are finding it difficult to move the mountain of steel drums created as part of their business of making Juicies ice blocks. Managing director Marina Tristam says as a company they work hard to reduce their waste but it’s not proving easy to...