Month of July

Recent changes make “a real difference” to Hospice Shop | Thursday 28 July 2011

Things are going ahead at the Hospice Shop.The Hospice Shop stocks “almost anything, from something...

Golden Bay Museum needs our help to “preserve our past and tell our stories” | Thursday 28 July 2011

The Golden Bay Museum needs you. Your talents and skills, and, if you can, your...

Chambo’s regional supreme award: “proud as Punch” | Thursday 28 July 2011

A house at Ligar Bay has won the regional supreme award in the Nelson Master...

In Good Taste: The ancient olive | Thursday 28 July 2011

If only we could persuade the guinea fowl to roost somewhere other than the olive...

News in Brief | Thursday 28 July 2011

Local hip-hop dancer off to World Champs Keeley Kira from Puramahoi is off to the...

Letters Friday 29 July 2011 | Thursday 28 July 2011

Heaphy Track photos needed For the last couple of years or so I have been...

Takaka Primary school technology unit | Thursday 21 July 2011

Takaka Primary has been running a school-wide technology unit this term, and last week the...

Reporter Ina Holst: “I’ll be sad to stop” | Thursday 21 July 2011

Ina Holst says that starting work as a reporter for the GB Weekly ten years...

Local artist’s classes unblock creativity | Thursday 21 July 2011

Kare Grayson’s Wednesday morning art classes at the Work Centre are described by the budding...

Public urged to make submissions on proposal | Thursday 21 July 2011

The messages at Monday’s public meeting were very clear – if you have a view...

Letters 22 July | Thursday 21 July 2011

  Get enrolled for local by-election The resignation of Cr Noel Riley has prompted a...

New fire-fighting water main opens | Thursday 14 July 2011

What began as a community need after the Fonterra fire of 2005, and highlighted by...

Community Board farewells councillor, discusses union and contaminated land | Thursday 14 July 2011

The resignation of councillor Noel Riley due to ill health was one of the important...

Minister for Agriculture launches farmers’ fact sheet  | Thursday 14 July 2011

The Minister for Agriculture, David Carter, accompanied by local councillors Trevor Norriss and Martine Bouillir,...

William Hunt | Thursday 14 July 2011

Wainui resident William Hunt has made himself into an artist. Originally a printer by trade,...

Letters 15 July | Thursday 14 July 2011

  Independent Golden Bay Council Regardless of the merits of Ursus Schwarz’s (GBW Letter 8/7)...

Collingwood School exchanges | Thursday 14 July 2011

After four years of participating in the Enviroschools programme, Collingwood Area School (CAS) has now...

Filling the gap at the White Room  | Thursday 14 July 2011

The White Room’s last exhibition for a year features an installation entitled “Tectonics – Filling...

News in brief 15 July | Thursday 14 July 2011

  Go-ahead given for new James Road bridge The contract has been awarded to build...

Matariki hāngi at kindergarten | Thursday 07 July 2011

Hāngi food worked its customary magic at Golden Bay Kindergarten this week.The hangi was the...

Māori language week: manaakitanga | Thursday 07 July 2011

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) chose manaakitanga as the...

GBHS’s building shuffle | Thursday 07 July 2011

Golden Bay High School’s two-storey block was closed last Friday because it was described as...

Laser Electrical’s new showroom | Thursday 07 July 2011

It was a big day for Laser Electrical last Friday.Lex Taylor and his team celebrated...

Letters 8 July 2011 | Thursday 07 July 2011

  NO to council union, YES for GB Independent Golden Bay is naturally a “bio-region”...

Travel broker offers mobile service in the Bay | Thursday 07 July 2011

It’s been two months since Dawn Beresford set up in the Bay as a mobile...

Students excel at Otago University Brain Bee | Thursday 07 July 2011

Three talented young locals enjoyed a taste of university life recently – and came home...

News in brief | Thursday 07 July 2011

  Funds confirmed for Golden Bay Integrated Medical Centre The Tasman District Council confirmed its...