News in Brief
Search and Rescue wins community award
Golden Bay Search and Rescue has won the runner-up prize in the Trustpower Community Sports and Leisure Awards. There were 114 nominations in the Sports and Leisure category.
The 30-strong SAR group was nominated by the Anglican Church in Golden Bay for its extraordinary community service. In the last year alone, Golden Bay SAR members have attended 14 events where their specialised skills were required.
SAR members do all their community service, and the training that underpins it, in their own time.
The citation for the award reads: “They help their fellow community members when they need it most. For this, we say thank you and congratulations on tonight’s award.”
At the same awards ceremony, the Motupipi Parent Teacher Association was commended for its innovative and productive efforts in fundraising and supporting the school’s work.
Beef and lamb cooking demonstration
The secrets to creating restaurant-quality beef and lamb meals at home are to be revealed by award-winning chef, Maree Connolly, who will demonstrate cooking with secondary cuts of beef and lamb on Sunday afternoon in Pakawau. Executive chef at Hotel d’Urville in Blenheim, Maree will demonstrate ways of presenting delicious and affordable beef and lamb dishes that can be created in the home kitchen, as part of an ongoing series of rural demonstrations run in conjunction with Rural Women New Zealand and Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
For information phone Joy Warren on 524 8241.
Network Tasman lifts line charge discounts
Local electricity lines company Network Tasman has announced $6.88 million in sales discounts to be deducted against its consumers’ power accounts.
Network Tasman CEO Wayne Mackey said, “While individual discounts vary depending on annual electricity usage, the average consumer using 8,000kWh per annum can expect a Network Tasman funded deduction of $154 from their August or September power bill.”
The company is currently arranging with electricity retailers for the Network Tasman discounts to be deducted from consumers’ power bills in August and early September. The discount will be clearly identified as a separate item on consumers’ monthly power accounts.
To be eligible a consumer must have an active, metered connection to Network Tasman’s electricity distribution system as at midnight 31 July 2009.
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Kiwis bring multi-media show home
Ex-pat Kiwis The Pioneers have wowed audiences in Britain with their multi-media portrayal of their ancestors’ journeys to New Zealand. Now, they’re about to repeat that journey, bringing their acclaimed show to this country.
Using original acoustic music, texts by leading New Zealand poets, story-telling and character portrayal, The Pioneers tell the stories of three ancestors who travelled from England and Ireland to a very different New Zealand from the one they had imagined.
Set against a backdrop of New Zealand scenery and rarely-viewed archival images, this show features vocalist Angeline Conaghan, Ben Brewer on guitar and David Leahy on double bass. Interweaving the stories they heard growing up in New Zealand with poetry and song, the trio brings to life the experiences of early European settlers attempting to create a place they could call home. The Pioneers plays at the Mussel Inn on Thursday 30 July.
TDC asks residents “How are we doing?”
As part of its ongoing commitment to actively seek public opinion, TDC is to conduct a survey of its residents to determine their level of satisfaction with council services and facilities.
“If you are telephoned by the National Research Bureau we would really appreciate it if you could take the time to respond to the survey. We really want to hear your views,” said Mayor Kempthorne.
Interviewing for the survey begins on Friday 24 July and is expected to be completed on Sunday 2 August.
The results from the survey will be made available through Newsline and Council’s website – www.tasman.govt.nz
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Face painting - PHOTO
The meeting room at the library was an excellent venue for last week’s “learn how to do face-painting” activity. The room was jam-packed with boys and girls who were working hard on their designs and having a lot of fun.
Working on the track - PHOTO
Last Saturday, 9 adults, 2 children and 1 horse braved a chilly breeze to do some work on the track and Lookout in Collingwood’s Historic Cemetery Reserve. It was a hard slog carrying buckets of dolomite up to the top but new recruit Robbie (pictured with Tessa Sparrow) helped out with panier bags. Photo: Submitted
