Month of June

Tata Beach shag spectacle creates nationwide interest | Saturday 26 June 2010

For the last year or two, a dedicated handful of Golden Bay residents have made...

The Boars resurrect rugby league this weekend | Saturday 26 June 2010

This weekend sees the return of rugby league to Golden Bay after an 11-year break.The...

Letters | Saturday 26 June 2010

Integrated health centreMr Piekarski again asks me “Why does IMG refuse the choice to continue...

St John launches local appeal for building and equipment | Saturday 26 June 2010

This year is St John’s 125th year of operation, a significant milestone for the charitable...

Laughter Club opening up in Takaka | Saturday 26 June 2010

Laughter is truly contagious. At a Laughter Yoga demo workshop at last Sunday’s H.A.N.D.S. Market,...

Support for Joan Whiting Jamboree is “absolutely overwhelming”  | Saturday 26 June 2010

Staff and trustees of the Joan Whiting Rest Home at Collingwood have been blown away...

Local Weatherman Shares His Forecasts | Saturday 26 June 2010

A weather website run by local forecaster René van Sint Annaland is available on the...

Duncan McKenzie prepared to go the extra mile | Wednesday 16 June 2010

Duncan McKenzie drives about 4000 kilometres each year in the service of rugby.This lifelong rugby...

Jazz returns from ocean voyage | Wednesday 16 June 2010

Parapara teenager Jazz Lee traded four weeks of school last month for the opportunity to...

Letters 18 June 2010 | Wednesday 16 June 2010

Line dancing Yar hoo! Are you interested in a regular line-dancing evening?  You don’t need...

Sandra Closs: Hooked on the hill country life  | Wednesday 16 June 2010

For three decades Ken and Sandra Closs have farmed at  Te Hapu, on the remote,...

Students enjoy making and growing things | Wednesday 16 June 2010

In tune with the winter experience, Central Takaka School students have been turning out beautiful...

Clive Petterson: a treasure of Hamama | Thursday 10 June 2010

Clive Petterson’s earliest memory is of his family’s homestead burning down in 1920. That’s 90...

X-rays unavailable as machine loses its licensee | Thursday 10 June 2010

The X-ray machine at the Golden Bay Medical Centre is idle at the moment.Dr Vic...

Village Theatre: digitalisation will come with costly challenges | Thursday 10 June 2010

Takaka’s Village Theatre is facing a serious funding challenge if it wants to survive long-term....

Adventure race tests competitors and organisers | Thursday 10 June 2010

Western Golden Bay was all abuzz with race fever on Labour Weekend for the 10th...

Family- friendly Cobb Houses give backcountry experience | Thursday 10 June 2010

Situated in the unique Cobb Valley, adjacent to a host of family-friendly outdoor activities, Golden...

Letters 11 June 2010 | Thursday 10 June 2010

Stop community board targetted rate Golden Bay and Motueka communities have another chance to stop...

Need to complete SPCA animal shelter gains urgency | Thursday 10 June 2010

The Golden Bay SPCA is embarking on a major fundraising exercise. With 28 cats waiting...

New hobby beekeepers encouraged: varroa challenge continues | Friday 04 June 2010

Ward-Holmes Road apiarists Frazer Wilson and Kerry Gentleman are keen to promote increased knowledge amongst...

Letters to editor | Friday 04 June 2010

Psycho porn funk lounge band I resent the tone of Mr Avenue’s letter (28 May)!...

Wetland “will take care of the water coming off our place” | Friday 04 June 2010

An area of Chris Hill’s Packard Road farmland, painstakingly drained by an earlier generation, will...

Budget cuts to have mixed effects on early childhood centres | Friday 04 June 2010

One of the Government’s more contentious decisions in the recent Budget was a reduction in...

Wetland “will take care of the water coming off our place” | Friday 04 June 2010

An area of Chris Hill’s Packard Road farmland, painstakingly drained by an earlier generation, will...