Month of October

Bay Art 2011 | Thursday 27 October 2011

Bay Art 2011 opened in grand style at the high school hall last Friday and...

Young @ Art moves to new exhibition space | Thursday 27 October 2011

Young @ Art, the younger offspring of Bay Art, has grown up and left home.Now...

Upper Takaka history retold  | Thursday 27 October 2011

Irrepressible Upper Takaka history buff Mac Harwood has done it again. His latest work is...

Patchwork and Quilters Guild exhibition | Thursday 27 October 2011

Golden Bay Patchwork and Quilters Guild exhibition in Collingwood at Labour Weekend.

Poet invited to Wellington anthology launch | Thursday 27 October 2011

Bella Van Susteren, 9, a student of Motupipi Primary School, doesn’t consider herself a writer....

Letters 28 October | Thursday 27 October 2011

  Tarakohe barrier arm In an effort to gain more revenue, TDC has decided to...

Fine artist finds divine intelligence in creation | Thursday 20 October 2011

Sue McKellar enjoys looking at nature from different views and representing those views in her...

Provincial title defended by team | Thursday 20 October 2011

The Takaka Volunteer Fire Brigade defended their provincial title in the first weekend of October.The...

Golden Bay Community board meeting | Thursday 20 October 2011

A lightning-fast meeting of the Golden Bay Community Board took place last week.In the presence...

Businesses sign up to GB Promotions’ visitor guide | Thursday 20 October 2011

The new Golden Bay visitor guide is being finalised right now for its launch at...

Quilt Show this weekend | Thursday 20 October 2011

The Golden Bay Quilters Annual Quilt Show will again be heald at Collingwood Memorial Hall...

Mountain biking season in Heaphy Track: DOC reflects  | Thursday 20 October 2011

Mountain bikers have been enthusiastic about the first trial winter-season mountain biking on the Heaphy...

Letters 21 October  | Thursday 20 October 2011

  Connecting with trappers We are trying to connect with a special and diverse group...

French film crew in Golden Bay | Thursday 13 October 2011

A three-man film crew from the Thalassa programme, France TV’s long-running “sea world” documentary show,...

Registration for reunion closes 1 November | Thursday 13 October 2011

Get set Takaka for a landmark event in our town’s history.Imagine it’s 1861. Ten years...

New managers for Collingwood Camp  | Thursday 13 October 2011

Bill and Shelley Climo have returned to manage the Collingwood Camping Ground after 14 years’...

Young coach recognised by SPARC | Thursday 13 October 2011

Luken Chamberlain (16) is the 2011 SPARC regional sport student volunteer winner.The award was presented...

Hamish Harwood takes on Australia and wins | Thursday 13 October 2011

Golden Bay motocross star Hamish Harwood is now an Australian champion. At last week’s junior...

NBS to open branch in Takaka | Thursday 13 October 2011

The new branch of Nelson Building Society (NBS) in Takaka is expected to be operational...

Letters 14 October | Thursday 13 October 2011

  Dogs in Takaka’s CBD As someone who was a councillor when the by-law prohibiting...

Fairholme homestead to be auctioned  | Thursday 06 October 2011

The “Grand Old Lady” homestead of East Takaka, Fairholme, will be offered for auction on...

Tarakohe boat ramp to get $57,000 security barrier | Thursday 06 October 2011

The management of the boat ramp at Tarakohe is to be transferred to the Tasman...

Business: Traders of the Lost Arts | Thursday 06 October 2011

Glitz Art Glass is the glass bead-making business of Lesley McIver, while her husband Murray...

Labour MPs consult with community-based groups | Thursday 06 October 2011

On a recent visit to the Bay Labour’s finance spokesperson David Cunliffe discussed the details...

Whakaaro: Resource management | Thursday 06 October 2011

Having held an interest in resource management for the past 27 years, it has become...

Aquaculture scholarship available  | Thursday 06 October 2011

Former Golden Bay High School student Vaun Shearer says 2011 has been one of the...

Bay Art and YOUNG@ART exhibitions return this month  | Thursday 06 October 2011

Bay Art is the Golden Bay Arts Council’s main event, and the council is extending...

Mystery dress among the textiles at museum | Thursday 06 October 2011

A balmy summer’s night, past midnight, November, 1957. Delouise Harper climbed up the ivy-covered lattice...

Spring has arrived! | Thursday 06 October 2011

I realise that it may be in poor taste to talk about lamb (the kind...

Letters 7 October | Thursday 06 October 2011

  Dogs in Takaka’s CBD One of the reasons I love living in Golden Bay...

News in brief 7 October | Thursday 06 October 2011

  Golden Bay Ward by-election The final result for the Golden Bay Ward by-election held...