Month of December

Te Ataarangi Maori language graduation | Thursday 16 December 2010

There is Czech proverb that says “Learn a new language and get a new soul”....

Tees for tourists will support Golden Bay schools  | Thursday 16 December 2010

A group of parents has come up with a new fundraising idea for Golden Bay’s...

Waste-water plans “unacceptable” to residents | Thursday 16 December 2010

Public forumThree speakers were concerned about the planned extensions to the Takaka waste-water plant. Hayley...

News in brief | Thursday 16 December 2010

  Young folk working hard on Christmas puppet production Six young folk and two adults...

Light drizzle brings no relief from dry spell | Thursday 16 December 2010

MetService is putting this summer’s weather pattern on a par with those of 1988/89 and...

West Coast’s Sandhill Creek schooldays | Thursday 09 December 2010

Few schools that ever existed in this country were as remote as the one near...

A&P Show 2011 takes shape with a full programme and a new event | Thursday 09 December 2010

A&P Show 2011 takes shape with a glorious programme With only a few weeks to...

Fire Brigades recognised | Thursday 09 December 2010

Knuckle (Neil) and Raewyn Hill were recently honoured and acknowledged at a very jovial ceremony...

TPS Blokes and Boys Breakfast | Thursday 09 December 2010

Ordinarily, if you ask a boy or a bloke to complete an obstacle course, get...

Business: New pottery gallery | Thursday 09 December 2010

For pottery aficionados, a new gallery, Abbi M Design, has opened at 59 Motupipi Street....

Mona Randall book | Thursday 09 December 2010

Mona Randall of Parapara reckons that at 86 years of age she must be one...

Flying Club Open Day | Thursday 09 December 2010

There was plenty to see (from both air and land), and good news at the...

Athletics Club busy | Thursday 09 December 2010

As the club looks forward to its 50th jubilee of its most recent incarnation, club...

News in brief | Thursday 09 December 2010

  Correspondence success Christopher Clarke of Year 7 recently attended the Te Kura/The Correspondence School...

Trish Boland Africa book | Thursday 09 December 2010

The experience of spending months travelling through eight countries in Africa has inspired Twin Waters...

Age Concern field worker redundancy | Thursday 02 December 2010

Restructuring by Age Concern Nelson has led to the redundancy of the Bay’s field worker,...

Hospital volunteers honoured | Thursday 02 December 2010

Community hospital staff and supporters have held a thank-you lunch to honour the committed fundraising...

Pike River mirrors 1958 Mangarakau mining disaster | Thursday 02 December 2010

The mining disaster at the Pike River Coal Mine near Reefton mirrors a similar, if...

Riding for Disabled winds up for the holidays  | Thursday 02 December 2010

Amidst the hustle and bustle of riders, parents and horses at this year’s Christmas do,...

Movember efforts  | Thursday 02 December 2010

Seven of the Golden Bay men who attended this week’s Men’s Health Night to mark...

Letters | Thursday 02 December 2010

  Back from the future Time here on earth is our experience of the evolving...

Regional environmental award | Thursday 02 December 2010

Chris Rowse, co-ordinator of the Rocklands Road Weedbuster group, says that their recent Tasman District...

Rock phosphate deposits eyed by “Kiwi battler”  | Thursday 02 December 2010

Chris Castle of Onekaka is leading a serious business mission. As project manager for publicly...

Business developments | Thursday 02 December 2010

Organic deodorants available Since arriving in the Bay five years ago, Michel (Rose) von Dreger...

News in brief | Thursday 02 December 2010

  Local Government Commission The Commission received about 450 submissions on the proposal for the...

Fundraising events like Central Takaka’s weekend car boot sale still vital to schools | Thursday 02 December 2010

A massive Car Boot Sale at Central Takaka School on Sunday 21 November was a...