Month of December

Penguin warning signs a real community project | Sunday 20 December 2009

“These signs have been a real community project; there are so many groups who have...

Ten new Caring for the Aged graduates commended by tutor | Sunday 20 December 2009

“This course has brought about change in a lot of ways. The main thing is...

Penguin warning signs a real community project | Sunday 20 December 2009

“These signs have been a real community project; there are so many groups who have...

New art gallery collaboration in Collingwood’s main street | Sunday 20 December 2009

Collingwood’s CBD just filled up a little more with the opening of Aorere Arts this...

Letters 18 December | Sunday 20 December 2009

Library car parkFrom my office on the corner of the narrow laneway to the library...

Time for a traffic-free or slower speed zone through Takaka CBD? | Sunday 20 December 2009

Prompted by a letter to the editor by Martine Bouillir last week, The GB Weekly...

Bay liquor outlets sign up for new protocol for “happy and safe venues” | Sunday 20 December 2009

People who cause trouble on Golden Bay’s licensed premises may find it a long, dry...

GBHS students cycle to Christchurch | Sunday 20 December 2009

The experience was part of Golden Bay High School’s year ten end-of-year electives programme. The...

Athletics equipment, coach training, records | Sunday 20 December 2009

Success and fun are the main ingredients in the continuing good-news story of the Takaka...

Integrated health facility developments | Sunday 20 December 2009

Two weeks ago, the interim management group (IMG) of the integrated health project announced that...

Te Ataarangi language and tikanga students reflect on a year of learning | Thursday 10 December 2009

Last week another dozen or so Bay people celebrated the completion of their introductory Te...

Community board defers going to Ombudsman | Thursday 10 December 2009

At its December meeting, the Golden Bay Community Board decided to put off going to...

Waka ama koha | Thursday 10 December 2009

Andrea Dixon and Deb Haldane from the Onetahua Waka Ama Club, presented a Robin Slow...

Helipad application continues despite opposition | Thursday 10 December 2009

Despite 253 opposing submissions, The Naked Possum Café, in conjunction with Anatoki Helicopters, intends to...

Copperlake Wines launches Sundowner, a ground-breaking new blend  | Thursday 10 December 2009

Sue Lindsay, photo right, from Copperlake Wines in Rototai has launched this year’s wines with...

Letters 11 December | Thursday 10 December 2009

Main Street TakakaToday in Takaka  I witnessed something truly frightening!  It all happened in a...

Word to the herd! Kill Kill @ The Mussel | Thursday 10 December 2009

Wellington-based Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, photo below, are a “dirty downtown rock band inspired by...

Lazuli evolves from winter jams  | Thursday 10 December 2009

Playing “soulful funky folk with deep global roots”, a new band called Lazuli makes its...

Kidztheatre’s performing pig production “by children, for children” | Thursday 10 December 2009

Percival the Performing Pig is to hit the stage with pizzazz and the flick of...

Golden Bay Cultural Food and Wine Festival | Thursday 03 December 2009

It’s not allowed to rain on 24 January  next year.Organisers of the first Golden Bay...

Riding for Development’s Christmas party | Thursday 03 December 2009

The huge benefits that Riding for Development can have in young people’s lives were celebrated...

Park Avenue site supporters say “We haven’t had a fair deal” and drop land price by $200,000 | Thursday 03 December 2009

“We think the information in the ‘pros and cons’ table provided by the IMG in...

Letters 4 December 2009 | Thursday 03 December 2009

Best Community Mural in NZ Three cheers and a round of applause for Ngang and...

Golden Bay mountain man launches his second anthology of poems  | Thursday 03 December 2009

Launched last Wednesday at the Takaka Memorial Library, Frank Soper’s second anthology of poems, These...

Golden Bay Promotion Association celebrates 25 years | Thursday 03 December 2009

A planned dinner at the Pohara Boat Club last month failed to attract enough quite...

Cycle and walking encouraged on Great Expectations track | Thursday 03 December 2009

The newly opened Rameka track, called Great Expectations,  is well over two kilometres long and...

Koha wood sculpture gallery | Thursday 03 December 2009

Matthew Soper is the wood sculptor behind Koha, the new gallery at 41a Tukurua Road,...

Cries of “eat my dust” missing from regional motorcross champs | Thursday 03 December 2009

Last weekend’s Top of the South Motorcross Championships brought hundreds of riders and supporters to...

Risqué ditty wins cash for rest home | Thursday 03 December 2009

Staff and residents at the Joan Whiting Rest Home celebrate winning the $2,500 first prize...

Band celebrates 265 years by four members | Thursday 03 December 2009

The Takaka Citizens’ Band is 128 years old and, in its long and meritorious history,...

Hunting and fishing competition | Thursday 03 December 2009

Rugby club organisers were pleased with the results of their latest hunting and fishing competition.Held...