Month of December

Eighty years of stalwart service | Friday 16 December 2011

When George Duff and Garth Prince joined the Takaka Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1971, the...

Life membership for RDA volunteers | Friday 16 December 2011

Last week Judy Ray and Snow Wells were honoured with Life Memberships by the Golden...

Collingwood events this summer  | Friday 16 December 2011

On Wednesday 28 December Collingwood will be busy with a market and a raft race....

“Exciting times” for integrated health project | Friday 16 December 2011

Andrew Swanson-Dobbs, who chaired the recent meeting of the interim management group (IMG), pointed to...

Local couple in real estate dispute | Friday 16 December 2011

Karen and Paul Cruden are in dispute with Golden Bay First National. In 2009 they...

Terry Nalder’s long service to dog trials recognised | Friday 16 December 2011

Last Sunday the Takaka Dog Trial Club held its Annual General meeting at the Upper...

New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Championships | Friday 16 December 2011

The largest New Zealand Track and Field meeting of the year, the New Zealand Secondary...

Live music | Friday 16 December 2011

  Kit Bray at the Mussel Kit Bray, formerly from Ligar Bay, is celebrating releasing...

Letters 16 December | Friday 16 December 2011

    1080 drop The Animal Health Board is scheduled to drop 1080 by helicopter...

News in Brief 9 December 2011 | Thursday 08 December 2011

Recipes for food and fun in fundraiser cookbook Big funding cuts by the Ministry of...

Rameka mountain bike trails: “Golden Bay has the potential to become a biking mecca” | Thursday 08 December 2011

Joint celebrations, including a barbeque, will be held on Sunday 11 December to mark both...

Letters 9 December 2011 | Thursday 08 December 2011

Goodies for quake families Rural Women and Federated Farmers, under the banner of  the “Farmy...

Letters 9 December 2011 | Thursday 08 December 2011

Goodies for quake families Rural Women and Federated Farmers, under the banner of  the “Farmy...

Local supporter of project makes scale model of integrated health centre  | Thursday 08 December 2011

Model-maker Barry Evans says the integrated family health centre model was “a challenge and a...

Renovations earn local builder House of the Year award | Thursday 08 December 2011

Patons Rock builder Wayne Rothwell has won the supreme award in the $250,000 to $500,000...

New service director “overwhelmed” by powhiri at Onetahua Marae | Thursday 08 December 2011

Participants in a powhiri at Onetahua Marae gather to show their support for Rhoda McDonald.Rhoda...

Down to earth: Calendula balm recipe | Thursday 08 December 2011

As summer kicks in, everything in the garden is pumping with life. There are plenty...

Hot line-up and vision for Luminate Festival | Thursday 08 December 2011

Luminate will be held again this summer from 1-8 February at Canaan Downs.The earth-friendly festival...

Boulder Writers’ anthology | Thursday 01 December 2011

Boulder Writers’ third anthology reflects the Bay’s poetic and literary culture.In the inestimable words of...

Open day for Golden Bay Integrated Family Health Centre project | Thursday 01 December 2011

Golden Bay people will have an opportunity to be fully updated on the integrated family...

“Huts and High Places: The Cobb and beyond.” | Thursday 01 December 2011

Opening in style this weekend at the Golden Bay Museum is a new exhibition, “Huts...

Sisters complete New York Marathon | Thursday 01 December 2011

Finishing the world’s largest and most hotly contended road race, the New York Marathon, is...

Takaka golf celebrates 50 years at Pohara | Thursday 01 December 2011

Current and former members of the Takaka Golf Club will remember old times when they...

Professional golf training an enjoyable challenge, says Sean | Thursday 01 December 2011

 As his brother Blair prepares for the New Zealand Open, Sean Riordan goes about his...