Month of May

News in brief | Thursday 26 May 2011

Ligar Bay’s bach owners threatened with legal costs The owners of Ligar Bay’s endangered baches...

National recognition for Let’s Get Plastered | Thursday 26 May 2011

There was a well-deserved pat on the back for Billy Kerrisk at Rural Women New...

Letters Friday 26 May 2011 | Thursday 26 May 2011

Integrated Health Centre design Twelve of the proposed 17 rooms overlook a small internal courtyard...

Community board submits on Draft Annual Plan | Thursday 26 May 2011

Port Tarakohe, rates, community services, engineering, and environment and planning considerations were just some of...

Green Party launches Save the Bees petition to back its latest strategy | Thursday 26 May 2011

The Green Party has launched a 10-year bee strategy aimed at preventing the collapse of...

Tourism Targeted Rate a year on: Council comments | Thursday 26 May 2011

The Tourism Targeted Rate (TTR) for has been in force for one full year now,...

Down to earth: The June Garden | Thursday 26 May 2011

Wow, what crazy weather we’ve been having: warm, beautiful autumnal days followed by full-on wind...

Golden Bay’s Christian Church ordains two new women pastors | Thursday 26 May 2011

After a long-standing relationship with the Christian Church, twin sisters Teresa Brough and Carol Baker...

Nikita Buys wins Best of the West Music Awards | Thursday 26 May 2011

Nikita Buys was the overall winner of the Best of the West Music Awards held...

Alaska work “in my blood” says adventurer | Thursday 26 May 2011

Rangihaeata resident Janet Huddleston left for Alaska on May 19 to work the summer season...

Letters Friday 20 May 2011 | Thursday 26 May 2011

Ferrets I am interested in the fate of the ferret in Golden Bay. During the...

In Good Taste: Souper duper | Thursday 26 May 2011

This winter we can proudly boast of having a fine “stand of flags” in our...

News in Brief | Thursday 26 May 2011

What’s new pussycats?! It’s been a big year. Surfabilly has been invented, “point and shout”...

Collingwood holiday-home ram-pager exposed | Tuesday 17 May 2011

A puzzling case in The GB Weekly Police Report of 29 April, relating to a...

Photographs of old post offices needed | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Heritage Golden Bay plans to produce a booklet detailing the post offices that have existed...

Workshop aims to improve Bay’s economics  | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Economically, many people in the Bay could be better off, believes business mentor Fiona Newey....

Health services planner sheds light on health centre design process | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Margaret Garthwaite is a health services and facilities planner with Peddle Thorp architects, the company...

Letters Friday 13 May 2011 | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Sale of Port Tarakohe We were all somewhat mystified over the recent comment from Paul...

down to earth: Bio-inoculation | Tuesday 17 May 2011

The old adage “healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy animals” is more of a truth. We...

New therapeutic practitioners | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Three highly complementary therapeutic practitioners will shortly begin operating out of a room at Ginkgo...

New study investigates ageing in place in Golden Bay | Tuesday 17 May 2011

If you are 55 or over, the study currently being conducted by social researcher Bjarne...

Mussel farmers continue to support Streamcare | Tuesday 17 May 2011

At a recent Federated Farmers meeting, Golden Bay’s Streamcare group received a further $5000 from...

Pig Hunt a success despite heavy rain  | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Collingwood Tavern was packed with Swanndri-clad hunters and tellers of tall tales last Sunday afternoon...

News in Brief | Tuesday 17 May 2011

Living Lagacies Aotearoa’s first natural funeral company, Living Legacies, is achieving cultural and ecological change....

Plans to prospect for oil and coal in the Bay provoke mixed responses | Thursday 05 May 2011

Sydney-based company Greywolf Goldmining should prepare itself for a battle. The company plans to prospect...

New freedom camping bylaw “doesn’t intend intend to make camping illegal” | Thursday 05 May 2011

TDC environmental health co-ordinator Graeme Caradus says that the Draft Freedom Camping Bylaw that was...

LandSAR delivers on community auction bid | Thursday 05 May 2011

Last Sunday Golden Bay Land Search and Rescue volunteers fronted up for a new challenge...

Letters 6 May 2011 | Thursday 05 May 2011

Multi-function centre In 2009 Vandeskog Social Research conducted a study to find out if there...

Enthusiasm for Mangarakau’s attractions | Thursday 05 May 2011

Mangarakau and its surrounding districts have been attracting hard-working folk for a very long time....

State-of-the-art systems change farm irrigation | Thursday 05 May 2011

If you’ve driven up the Cobb Road from Upper Takaka lately, you couldn’t help but...

duck shooting, golf, mountain biking, immunisation | Thursday 05 May 2011

Winter warmer and raffle for mountain biker The Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club has arranged...

National motocross title winner | Thursday 05 May 2011

Golden Bay has a brand new national champion, and Hamish Harwood (16) says he is...

Duck! | Wednesday 04 May 2011

In the book A Distant Feast, The Origins of New Zealand Cuisine, I read, “Ducks,...