20+ min ago   (304+ words) When asked about his favourite childhood pet, for last week’s Street Talk, Ian Davey smiles. “I grew up on a farm,” he says. “Animals were enjoyed, but they had their place.” Dogs worked and lived outside, cats caught mice, and…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (368+ words) It was post-war England, and while on a bus, a 16-year-old Peggy took a shine to her future husband’s curly hair. “I said I'd have to marry somebody with curly hair, because mine was so straight,” she chuckles. That young…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (298+ words) For the second year running, the NBS Nelson Giants won’t be featuring in the Sals NBL basketball finals. The struggling side was reliant on other teams’ results going their way ahead of the final home game against the Tauranga Whai…...

19+ hour, 16+ min ago   (506+ words) Motueka chef Paige Hutchinson has taken out the South Island title at this year’s Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award, earning the highest score at the regional cook-off in Christchurch. The 23-year-old secured a silver medal and impressed judges with her…...

19+ hour, 28+ min ago   (494+ words) Upper Moutere brother and sister Quentin and Clare MacMurray are both pulling on New Zealand hockey singlets for masters' world cup events next month. The pair, who both previously represented Manawatu and Wellington respectively, are among the six players from…...

1+ day, 15+ min ago   (423+ words) Charlotta Trogisch has completed her internship with Top South Media, so we asked her to share how she found New Zealand life compared with Germany. German schools are usually more structured. They follow clear learning paths and often expect students…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (579+ words) Timing is still everything for former multiple world kickboxing champion Sallie McArdle. Two of her latest female charges, Emma Scully and Sari Moore, won at the Eagle DS Comat Games Series in Auckland earlier this month, perfect promotion for the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (469+ words) When it hasn’t been women’s day, week, month or even their year, the Nelson Women’s Club has been there for them since 1926. Offering a social space for women predominantly in their twilight years to either advance or rekindle their zest…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (222+ words) Nelson film lovers can escape to Italy this winter, with tickets now on sale for the Italian Film Festival. The nationwide festival will screen 27 films at State Cinemas Nelson from 25 July to 16 August. Now in its 11th year, the festival is…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (477+ words) To repeat an over-used Kiwi rugby coaching cliché,“there’s plenty of work to do”. That was the initial feeling after the Tasman Mako men played out a hard-fought pre-season NPC clash with defending champs Canterbury at Lansdowne Park this afternoon....