by Jacqui Rawson | Dec 14, 2020 | Local News
Producing a fundraising cookbook placed students in positions they never imagined themselves being in. “A year ago, I would never have imagined myself on a zoom call with Ashley Bloomfield,” says Nate Wilbourne. The book, entitled, ‘Riding the Covid Wave’ had the...
by Jacqui Rawson | Dec 13, 2020 | Local News
Even after taking numerous precautions, a Tasman local, Jim Mackie, was recently released from hospital after contracting Legionnaires disease. “It snuck up quickly, I was like a jellyfish on the beach and couldn’t get out of a chair,” says Jim. Jim, a keen...
by Jo Kent | Dec 13, 2020 | Local News
Gather up your friends and family for a relaxing afternoon of live music by talented young solo singers and bands at Washbourn Gardens Music Festival, Richmond, Saturday, 12 December at 5 pm. Bring a picnic blanket and your chilly bin and grab a spot to enjoy the live...
by editor | Dec 13, 2020 | Local News
This year’s Shop & Win winner just couldn’t believe it. When Sue Morris from Queen St Pharmacy rang her last Monday night with the good news, Susie Heart was in denial. “I have never won anything,” she says, “let alone ever had $5000 in the bank in my whole life.”...
by Jacqui Rawson | Dec 11, 2020 | Local News
It was a shocked Gary Brown (Brownie) who found three sets of Christmas lights and a Christmas card sitting on his doorstep last week. They had been left anonymously, and the Christmas card contained apologies for the theft of Gary’s lights, Christmas lights that had...
by Jenny Nicholson | Dec 11, 2020 | Local News
Lorna Gower knew Abigail Packer was worthy of being a Kiwibank local hero medalist and didn’t hesitate to nominate her. “She’s hard-working, strong, decisive and unwavering in a good way. She sees the vision and goes for it,” says Lorna. When Abigail got a phone call...
