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wednesday 8 december 2021
Ring found 4 years on Sara Hollyman A chance meeting between a surfer and a hobby metal detectorist has led to a wedding ring lost in the sand for four years being reunited with its owner. When Josh lost his wedding ring on the beach at Rabbit Island four years ago, he knew it would be near impossible to find. Walking out for a surf there last month he glanced over
Metal detectorist Cam Jeyes was out searching Rabbit Island when he first came across a distinctive wedding ring, and then its owner. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
at a man a few hundred metres down the beach waving a metal detector around. He thought back to the ring, that fell through a hole in his wetsuit bag all those years ago. The ring was engraved with the name of the happy couple; ‘Josh.Helen’, and the year they were married - 1997. Josh, who asked to have his last name omitted, had never got around to replacing the lost
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Cautious move into traffic light system Erin Bradnock Reporter
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Nelsonians are being cautious about heading into local hospitality venues as the region moves into the new traffic light Covid-19 system.
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Proprietors say it was a ‘slow’ and ‘uncomfortable’ weekend for local hospitality and nightclub owners as the city also dealt with a Covid-19 outbreak. On December 2 at 11.59pm Aotearoa entered a “traffic light system” where green, orange and red settings replaced the
Alert Level system in response to managing the spread of Covid-19. Nelson, along with the rest of the South Island and parts of the North Island, went into setting ‘orange’ that recognises a medium risk for Covid-19 transmission.
From Friday hospitality venues opened with no restrictions, provided customers had proof of their double vaccinations through the My Vaccine Pass. Nelson’s regional manager for Hospitality New Zealand, Kim Odendaal, says Bridge St bars were all geared up for a busy
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weekend but sadly their anticipation wasn’t met with the same excitement from punters. “Unfortunately, it turned out to be a quiet weekend, I think with community transmissions everybody is a bit nervous about
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