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Seventeen Moutere Artisans open up for Labour Weekend Sunday

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 9:21 am | Nelson Media Agency

Seventeen Moutere Artisans are polishing their signs and sweeping away the last signs of winter. It’s Spring and Labour Weekend is the start of their summer season. On Sunday October 27th each of the artisans invite you to their village to experience ... More >>

20 years for Nelson Lakes Antique & Classic Boat Show

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 9:09 am | Nelson Media Agency

This year’s Antique and Classic Boat Show at Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park celebrates 20 years of the beautiful and the bizarre among Kiwi heritage boats. More >>

Tuesday night Marlon Williams concert at Neudorf to go ahead

Monday, 11 February 2019, 10:29 am | Nelson Media Agency

The Marlon Williams concert postponed last Friday due to Nelson’s forest fires will go ahead as planned tomorrow night (Tuesday February 12). More >>

Chroma presents Bach Magnificat

Monday, 5 November 2018, 12:21 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson’s Chroma Chamber Choir is presenting a programme of Renaissance and Baroque choral music to celebrate the Advent season, leading up to Christmas. More >>

Historic Boathouse ready for reopening

Thursday, 11 October 2018, 12:41 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Staff are back in their offices, café supplies are arriving, weddings and bands are booked…Nelson’s historic waterfront venue The Boathouse is about to reopen. More >>

Mel Parsons boosts The Boathouse rebuild

Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 12:34 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Last Thursday’s Mel Parsons’ concert at the Theatre Royal has boosted The Boathouse rebuild by close to $10,000. More >>

Blessing of the Fleet Sat 18 August 2018

Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 2:15 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson’s annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday August 18 at 12.30pm on Wakefield Quay. More >>

Smokefree Tangata Beats - National finalists announced

Monday, 6 August 2018, 10:15 am | Nelson Media Agency

The next big Pacifica act to emerge on the Kiwi music scene could well be one of the top ten acts just announced in Smokefree Tangata Beats. More >>

Showquest – new music, dance and drama event for schools

Thursday, 21 June 2018, 10:27 am | Nelson Media Agency

The Traflagar Centre will be pumping with excitement on Tuesday 26 June as student teams jump on stage in New Zealand’s new music, dance and drama event, Showquest. More >>

Iconic Nelson venue plans to future-proof

Monday, 26 February 2018, 2:22 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson’s iconic Boathouse is seeking public help with the rebuild, after Cyclone Fehi sent unprecedented tidal surges through the 1906 building on February 1. The initial work and cleanup is underway, and the building was unaffected by Gita. More >>

New director appointed to Nelson School of Music

Thursday, 9 November 2017, 2:47 pm | Nelson Media Agency

The Nelson School of Music is gearing up for its reopening next year with the appointment of a new director. The School Trust Board announced today that Auckland Grammar HOD Music James Donaldson has accepted the position. Trust Chair Roger Taylor said Donaldson ... More >>

Smokefreerockquest & Smokefree Pacifica Beats finals preview

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 11:46 am | Nelson Media Agency

Last year’s winners were nominated for a Silver Scroll, entries from right around New Zealand rocketed to a record 850 bands and solo-duos, and eyes are now on the national finals of the country’s most enduring music contests, Smokefreerockquest ... More >>

Nelson Blessing of the Fleet, Sat July 15

Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 10:01 am | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson’s annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday July 15 at noon on Wakefield Quay. This is the 17th year the blessing has been held, and organiser and Seafarers’ Memorial Trust spokesman Mike Smith says it’s an event ... More >>

Oil vessel safety system wins top award for Motueka firm

Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 11:28 am | Nelson Media Agency

When an international oil company needed a safety system for a massive oil processing vessel being towed from Korea to the North Sea, they found their solution at a Motueka High Street business – Coppins Sea Anchors. More >>

Smokefreerockquest national final results 2016

Monday, 26 September 2016, 11:49 am | Nelson Media Agency

Northland metal band Alien Weaponry won this years’s Smokefreeroquest on Saturday night at Auckland’s Raye Freedman Centre, capping their win of Smokefree Pacifica Beats on Friday night. Auckland singer-songwriter Iris Guevarra was named Smokefreerockquest’s ... More >>

Rockshop Bandquest 2016 national final results

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 3:57 pm | Nelson Media Agency

A group of ten year 7 and 8 students from Whanganui Intermediate have just won $3000 worth of gear for their school music department as winners of the nationwide intermediate and primary music contest Rockshop Bandquest. They make up the RnB reggae band ‘2k16’; ... More >>

Rainey backed by young entrepreneur

Thursday, 4 August 2016, 10:47 am | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson city councillor and mayoral candidate Pete Rainey has announced the second nominator for his mayoral bid is young Nelson entrepreneur Chloe Van Dyke, owner of the award winning business Chia Ltd. More >>

2016 Smokefreerockquest - Top 8 Announced

Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 9:20 am | Nelson Media Agency

Months of practice and creative effort has paid off for the top eight Smokefreerockquest bands and solo-duos who have made it through to the 2016 national final in Auckland on September 24. More >>

Nelson’s annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet

Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 5:22 pm | Nelson Media Agency

Nelson’s annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday July 16 at noon on Wakefield Quay. More >>

Light Nelson about to brighten the winter

Monday, 27 June 2016, 9:48 am | Nelson Media Agency

‘Light Nelson’, the city’s winter light festival, is bigger and brighter than even the organisers expected. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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