22 November 2011

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Nelson Weekly wins a top business award

Nelson Weekly is the region’s and Kono Beverages took top emerging business, out the New Zealand King picking up the award at the Salmon Investing in People prestigious Westpac Nelson and Skills Award. Tasman Chamber of Com- Another big moment durmerce Business Awards on ing the evening was the Friday night. induction of Nelson man The awards were held at the Trafalgar Centre with Jennian Homes picking up three gongs; for Supreme Winner, Large Business of the Year and the Innovation Award, sponsored by Some of the Nelson Weekly team at Westpac, Port Nel- the business awards from left; Anson and Wakatu drew Board, Sarah Delaney, Kevin respectively. Neumann, Jenny Bates, Kaye NeuGlenn Roberts mann and Steve Page. Electrical was the winner of the Mediaworks John Palmer to the ChamMedium Business of the ber’s “Hall of Fame”. Year award while Jester Nelson Weekly, a locally House Café won the Ra- owned community newsdio Network Small Busi- paper won the award – ness Award. Blueberry IT ironically sponsored by its won Nelson Pine Industries SEE PAGE 2 Service Excellence Award

Gillene Haldane and Cliff Saxton of the Maitahi Outrigger Canoe Club take part in the DOC Big Beach Cleanup, doing their bit on Haulashore Island at the weekend. Photo: Jonathan McKeown.

Volunteers clean up coast line A big community effort has cleared 7.5 tonnes of rubbish from Tasman Bay beaches. Around 540 people took part in the second annual Tasman Bay Big Beach Clean-up held on Saturday. They collected rubbish from 295 kilometres of coast from Abel Tasman National Park to Cable Bay, including an old catamaran. Nelson Weekly paddled out to Haulashore Island in one of five Waka ama, as 16 members of the Maitahi

Outrigger Canoe Club spent about an hour picking up a mixture of bottles, plastic rubbish, old clothing and a car tyre. Returning to the Island for the second consecutive year, the club members were delighted to find the Island comparatively trash-free. “We found much less rubbish on the Island this year compared to last year’s litter pick,” says Pete Bywater, club president. That trend was echoed in the over-

all figures around the rest of Tasman Bay. “Beach-cleaning volunteers found less rubbish than last year, when 10.4 tonnes was collected, but still found plenty of litter on coast alongside main roads,” says Rudy Tetteroo the Department of Conservation community relations programme manager. The organisers say they had a fantastic response from the community

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