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Memo adults: Cut pointless questions

Youth week

The Marlborough Express

Ever wondered what it's like being a teenager in 2011? During Youth Week we have asked some Marlborough teenagers to reveal their life secrets.

No time be get bored

Youth Week

The Marlborough Express

During New Zealand Youth Week, we are finding out what it is like being a teenager. Today, in the fourth of five profiles.

Logan's not your typical teenager

Youth week

The Marlborough Express

As part of New Zealand Youth Week, we are catching up with some Marlborough teenagers and asking about their life. In the third of five profiles this week.

Max has a message for adults

Youth Week

SAM MORTON - The Marlborough Express

What are teenagers up to these days? During New Zealand Youth Week this week, we catch up with some Marlborough teenagers and ask for their insights to life

We know what we're doing

Youth Week

The Marlborough Express

It is New Zealand Youth Week. Ever wondered what it's like being a modern teenager? During the week, we will catch up with some Marlborough teenagers and ask them their life secrets.

Coastguard plan $1m first-aid boat

ROB MACINTOSH - The Marlborough Express

Covering an area equivalent to the western seaboard of the United States, Rob Macintosh meets Coastguard Marlborough.

Book series preserves era of news photos

ANGELA CROMPTON - The Marlborough Express

An era of history many Marlburians will remember is being preserved and celebrated in a series of books, Expressly Marlborough.

Expressly Marlborough

The Marlborough Express

Expressly Marlborough is a unique pictorial record of life in Marlborough since August 1957.

Chance to learn valuable skills

SAM MORTON - The Marlborough Express

Blenheim's firefighting force is volunteer, relying on the community spirit of workers and the goodwill of their employers.

It's a tough life behind bars

ROB MACINTOSH - The Marlborough Express

Midweek reporter Rob Macintosh has drawn the short straw – looking at the region's pubs and cafe bars over the next few weeks. He starts with the worst kept secret in town.

Living in cancer's shadow

PENNY WARDLE - The Marlborough Express

Cancer survivor Debbie Elsmore has experienced first-hand the society's warm support through the difficult days of treatment and recovery.

Shift may 'tear community apart'

ROB MACINTOSH - The Marlborough Express

Residents in Tua Marina are divided by more than a road and rail line.

KITE still growing in strength

The Marlborough Express

In the final of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Monique Gemmell at the Koru Institute of Training and Education.

Family nurtures both traditions

The Marlborough Express

In the leadup to the Marlborough Multicultural Festival on February 26, reporter Claire Connell meets a Fairhall family successfully combining Samoan and New Zealand cultures into their daily life.

Etched in the memory

CHERIE HOWIE - The Marlborough Express

Twenty five years ago today, the Russian cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sank in the outer Marlborough Sounds after it struck rocks while rounding Cape Jackson. One person died, but the death toll could have been higher if it had not been for the efforts of quick-thinking residents and boaties. Cherie Howie talks with two Marlborough men who helped save lives on February 16, 1986.

It started with a bulging blue bag

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Karen McKee at Live Like Lola.

Filipina has passion for salsa

The Marlborough Express

Kristine Paran found her love for salsa dancing more than 8000km away from home.

Growing up with the best of three worlds

The Marlborough Express

In the lead-up to the Marlborough Multicultural Festival on February 26, reporter Claire Connell meets a Korean-Brazilian family who have made New Zealand their home.

It's time to go fishing

The Marlborough Express

Roger Randall, of Fairhall, is no stranger to building boats. The cheesemaker by trade has built three. Tania Butterfield talks to him about his latest, Tanekaha.

24-hour troubleshooters

The Marlborough Express

Turning an old break-fix business model on its head was a bold move for a Marlborough computer services company.

Tourism business has knack for variety

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Juliet Gibbons of Wilderness Guides and Sea Kayak Adventures.

Shared skills fit the bill

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to Katrina Hodel and Dean Steele of the Slip Inn in Havelock

On the clean-up's front line

In the last of a series about people nominated as heroes of the Canvastown flood by Marlborough Express readers, Simon Wong talks to a company that bridged the gap between residents and their insurance companies, allowing residents to focus on rebuilding their lives.

Building that business edge

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

In a series highlighting firms in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to LSH Business Services founder Lisa Johnston.

Holiday cut short to help clear huge slip

In the third of a series about people nominated as heroes of the Canvastown flood by Marlborough Express readers, Simon Wong learns of Mike Edridge Contracting workers, who cut their holidays short to clear roads of slips and debris and reconnect Canvastown with the rest of Marlborough.

Family digs deep to help victims

In the second of a series about people nominated as heroes of the Canvastown flood by Marlborough Express readers, Simon Wong spoke to a Wakamarina Rd couple who took their neighbours in for safety.

Looking beyond Africa's poverty

Former Kaikoura District councillor Marion McChesney has taken a journey to Dodoma, Tanzania to start a new chapter of her life as a teacher at Canon Andrea Mwaka School.

Pelorus battens down the hatches

LEONA PLAISIER - The Marlborough Express

This summer the weather in the Sounds, like everywhere in New Zealand, has had its extremes.

Delivering results

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to Jason Neal at Endeavour Shipping and Logistics.

Sanford workers quick to help

In the first of a series about people nominated as heroes by Marlborough Express readers because they didn't hesitate to get stuck in to help their community after last month's Canvastown floods, we spoke to Sanford workers who stepped up to volunteer.

A tow truck driver who's seen it all

BLAIR ENSOR - The Marlborough Express

In the final of a series about on-call people in Marlborough, we talk to a man who has seen the weird and the woeful in the world of motoring in the region.

Positive outlook creates haven

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to Linda Davies at Pampers Escape Retreat.

Happy campers skip the crowds

PENNY WARDLE - The Marlborough Express

Freedom is ... camping in some of New Zealand's secluded campsites away from the holiday park crowds.

Aggressive approach paying off

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to Derek Borland, of Borland Painting.

Always ready to hear that fire siren

BLAIR ENSOR - The Marlborough Express

In the third of a series about people on call in Marlborough, we catch up with a Seddon couple who dash for the local fire truck when the town's siren starts to wail.

Zimbabwe-born surgeon had a baptism of fire

BLAIR ENSOR - The Marlborough Express

Wairau Hospital surgeon Mike Parry remembers vividly the day terrorists attacked a bus carrying about 80 people in Zimbabwe.

Service ethos crucial to Ruth

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

In a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Hallensteins Blenheim manager Ruth Thompson

Trading farm for B&B a good change

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

As part of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Diana and Graham Westenra of Henry Maxwell's Bed and Breakfast in Blenheim.

Up all night for the babies

BLAIR ENSOR - The Marlborough Express

In 3 1/2 years, Angela White has missed the birth of a client's child only three times.

Giving diners cause to smile

SOPHIE PREECE - The Marlborough Express

In the first in a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, we talk to Chris and Heidi Gibb of Gibb's Vineyard Restaurant.

Duty calls, in the middle of the night

In the first of a series about people on-call in Marlborough, we speak to the wife of a police serious-crash investigator who has coped with her husband's late-night callouts for nearly 20 years.