Dressed to kill in the vines
Revellers at this weekend's Marlborough Wine Festival are being challenged to dress to thrill to win some prizes.'Struggle will be harder'
Marlborough Grey Power fears its members will be "drastically affected" if GST is increased to 15 per cent, as signalled by Prime Minister John Key yesterday.
Medals honour brave actions
Marlborough's Mack Pouwhare has been honoured for his heroic rescue of three children from under live power lines dangling close to them on Cravens Rd in Spring Creek.
He didn't eat all the pies
A Blenheim man with a penchant for meat pies is having to fork out nearly $140 for three of the pastry treats after stealing pies and eating them while wandering around a supermarket.
Domestic 'could have resulted in homicide'
A domestic incident involving hair-pulling and a butter knife in Blenheim on Monday morning could have easily resulted in a homicide, a judge has warned.
Plan for bigger Aratere probed
A hush-hush move by government-owned KiwiRail to increase the size of the Aratere inter-island ferry is being investigated by a Marlborough District Council-appointed maritime engineer to ensure any changes meet contentious wave wash rules.
Pool, library top Picton wish list
Picton residents would like a swimming pool, a bigger public library, better routes for ferry traffic and maybe even a fountain off the foreshore.
Expert witness stood down
Algae volumes on rocks predicted to double
Mixed day for New Zealand dollar
The New Zealand dollar was mixed today and investors digested conflicting reports about the likelihood of a bailout for Greece's finances.
Kiwis turn to credit to pay bills
Almost a third of New Zealanders expect to use their credit card to pay for unaffordable expenses in the coming months, according to a new survey.
Share-based funds best performers
FMG to hire more staff
Sales up for Postie Plus
Postie Plus Group Ltd said sales increased by 9.25 percent in the six months ended January 31, 2010 compared to the same period last year.
Lange in class of his own
Marlborough's Steve Lange continued his mastery of the vets class at the Gold Nuggets Motocross in Ikamatua last weekend.
New blood in All Whites squad
All Whites coach Ricki Herbert is taking a fearless selection policy into the World Cup campaign, insisting young players will be picked with an eye to future tilts.
Talented youngsters in elite squad
Close-fought contests for bowlers
Promising start for multisporter
Brett Oliver marked his first start in the Blenheim Physiotherapy-Cycle World summer triathlon and duathlon summer series with an impressive win last Sunday.
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Great kai grown at koura farm
Kaikoura's first freshwater crayfish farm, Waikoura Springs, opened on Sunday with a flurry of enthusiasm from locals keen to have a look and to taste the delicacy.
Farmers in fierce bidding for ewes
A shortage of breeding ewes produced some rabid bidding at the annual Blenheim Open Ewe Fair.
Field of dreams
Farmer blitzes competition
The cray catchers
As the Chinese get set to celebrate their New Year, Marlborough's cray fishermen have all hands on deck to supply a feeding frenzy.
In praise of the trout
A fly fisherman's wife once said: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend."
Keeping well
It's hard to get much done indoors when the weathers nice outside. This summer has been so variable, it's not only our plants that have to make the most of the warm weather before it fades into yet another cool weather pattern.
Fox and the grapes make a fine wine story
Drat that rat in the garden
Legend in a lunchbox
Food for thought – it takes energy to keep a young brain thinking and a young body growing at school each day.
Drinking in the blues
Five top Aussie and Kiwi bands are lined up for the BB and B festival.
Dynamic strumming
A little South American flavour to savour in Picton.
Blues, Brews and BBQs 2010
Have a go day
Arts diary
What's on in and around Marlborough?
Family connection with ship
Great-great-nephew of Duncan Dunbar II, who owned the Edwin Fox
Age no barrier with fine wine
In the first of a five-part series on winemakers of different ages, Rachel Young talks to 20-something-year old Nina Stocker about how her family's hobby has become her passion.
More than a flying visit
Caretaker wanted
A new lease on life for hospital
Wairau Hospital has been brought into the 21st century with the completion of the second of four stages in a $45.7 million rebuild.
Red Daley Xpress Club
Kids club with attitude, prizes to win, loads of stuff to do after school, on holiday or whenever
