This Week
2 WEDNESDAY 29 June 2011
Tasman’s
No.1
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This week we talked to a family who have had five generations pass through Hope School. What are some of your family traditions?
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“We used to go back to Holland; the last time was around 10 years ago. We used to live on the German border and would often go into Germany shopping.”
“I have two daughters, one here in Richmond and the other overseas and we all get together each Christmas and New Year at our bach in the Marlborough Sounds.”
“I didn’t have grandparents as a kid so we didn’t really have any traditions. These are usually handed on by grandparents, so we didn’t have anything like that.”
“We have quite a few. At Christmas time we do a secret santa. Most of ours are based around holidays like Christmas.”
Safer crossing on track
TS Talisman sea cadets Jacinta Dempster, Michael Hughes, Jordan O’Donague, Drew Wale and Assi Viljanen are ready for a huge garage sale this Sunday. Photo: Phillip Rollo.
TS Talisman sea cadets set sale A monster garage sale is hitting town this Sunday. The TS Talisman sea cadets are holding a cash only garage sale with more than 40 families donating treasures and bargains for locals to snap up. The garage You’re invited to celebrate theof sale will be held at You’re invited to celebrate the launch 24 Harley St, Nelson, launch of next to the police station, between 10am3pm. The event is hoping
to kickstart a fundraising target of $21,000 the cadets are hoping to raise before the year’s end. The money will go towards a new outboard motor, lifejackets and sailing boats. There will be fun activities for all ages and lots and lots of food featured at a cafe with lots of yummy cakes, tea and coffee and they will have a sausage sizzle for the lunch time snackers. Goods for sale include clothes, plants, cakes, fudge, cosmetics packs, spa vouchers and plenty more donated by local businesses.
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Plans to put a safe crossing on Wakefield's Whitby Rd is one step further on track. Representatives from the New Zealand Transport Agency met with concerned Wakefield resident Rachel Strasser and Waimea College Gifted and Talented Education students Kaine Ransby and Walter Noteboom last week. The representative have now invited the three to meet with them again, along with the Tasman District Council on their next visit to the region in two months time. The NZTA have indicated a kiwicare crossing could be formed from the current traffic island, although it
NEWS IN BRIEF • The petition organised by Redwood Valley resident David Vanstone is gathering momentum. David organised the petition to lobby council about the intersection at Golden Hills Rd and Waimea West Rd after a fatal accident last month. “There’s been quite a bit of interest, we’re certainly getting a few signatures,” he says. The petition can now be found at Stoneridge Café, the Beverly Store at Three Brothers Corner, Brightwater Motors and the Greenwood Dairy by the Travellers Rest.
• Five Richmond designers have
would require Wakefield School staff to supervise it, meaning it would not necessarily benefit the whole community. Rachel has voiced her concerns, along with other Wakefield residents, about the safety of the crossing which divides the Wakefield township, making it near impossible to get from the bakery to the pharmacy during peak traffic hours. “Things aren't happening quick enough to save a life,” she says. But she acknowledges NZTA's invitation is a “step forward” and hopes the residents, council and the transport agency can come to an agreement sooner rather than later.
been selected as finalists for this year’s Brancott Estate World of WearableArt™ (WOW) Awards Show, to be held on August 26. Coral Bowe, Julie Brawley, Carol Hargadon, Cassandra Thomson and Taryn Whitehead have all been selected as finalists across several categories. • The Department of Conservation is calling on the public to take photos and report any sightings of southern right whales along the New Zealand coastline. Any southern right whale sightings should be reported immediately to the DOC hotline, 0800 DOCHOT (0800 36 24 68).
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