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Big feet to follow
NAOMI ARNOLD traces the footsteps of Golden Bay's dinosaur discovery.Badges and sashes live on
The Nelson Mail
The challenge was simple: Nelson Mail reporters were asked to try their hand at something they had always thought about giving a go.
Big fish out of the water
The Nelson Mail
Paul Steere, head of New Zealand's largest salmon producer, New Zealand King Salmon, is stepping down - but not bowing out completely. KAREN CLARK reports.
The selling of the Rutherford option
The Nelson Mail
The Nelson Mail continues its series of articles about the long-running debate around the case for a performing arts centre and associated conference centre for Nelson.
On the parking beat
By TRACY NEAL - Nelson
Parking wardens get a bad rap, but it pays to look at the bigger picture: how would you get to park your car in town if those who were there first never budged?
Complementary Compositions
It takes about 15 minutes to get a photograph of Errol Shaw and Cindy Flook that they are both happy with. They have very different ways of going about their work. They want it to be just right.
Different perceptions
Charles Anderson meets two Waimea College students ahead of their upcoming exhibition.
Let there be light - in its many forms
Anatomy of a piano, fish in the Fishbowl
Kitchen confidence
Sally Kidson talks to up and coming chef Craig Sefton about his dreams of working in Italy.
Piping-hot pizzas going on road
Andrea Spencer's distinctive garlic-shaped wood-fired pizza oven will be a regular sight at markets and fairs around the Nelson region this summer.
Mapua's fair exchange
Hard yards behind this crop
Motueka mum makes market a must
Motueka mum Wendy Rodgers got a sawbench last Christmas. For her birthday, she got a bandsaw.
Leaf brief
Elizabeth Latham's fresh guide to spring salads.
Fresh tuna a real treat
There's much more to this fish than what's found in a tin.
Ideas for asparagus
Okey-chokey
One tasty broad
The best time to eat broad beans is now. Elizabeth Latham has some perfect recipe ideas.
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Creating a buzz to plant trees for bees
Bee a hero and plant trees for bees. That will be the message to rural and urban Nelsonians at a Trees for Bees expo this weekend at the Nelson A&P Show.
Nelson gets growing
Gardeners are counting down the hours for Nelson's inaugural gardening festival.
Strawberry fare
From bud to bloom - what your peonies need
Story of a rose garden
Hundreds of roses put on a stunning display at a Mahana garden built up over 54 years.
Shearing world champ to face locals
Paul Avery is gearing up for this weekend's Nelson A&P show.
New kiwifruit cultivars coming
Nelson growers could potentially be planting new Zespri kiwifruit cultivars next winter.
Wool levy loss batters programmes
Meat & Wool to lift regional focus
A new voice at Fonterra
Passionate dairy farmer Evan Baigent takes up a new challenge tomorrow as Fonterra Shareholders' Council Tasman-Marlborough representative.
Michael cleans up money from muck
Michael Boocock was just 22 when he shifted to Nelson, took out a $50,000 loan, bought a rubbish truck and started a garbage collection company.
Hard graft to develop website idea
If Cymen Crick were to write a book right now, the title would be Why Do Geeks Have Us By The Balls?
Community with good heart
Calm amid the storm
Cake business is rising
Nelson pastry chef Phil Lash is adding the baking powder to his business.
Something's happening at the library
Libraries no longer go by the book alone, but have embraced the age of digital information, as ALICE COWDREY discovers.
Man-wrangling with Peta
Writing a book about men has changed Peta Mathias's views of what she thought she knew about them.
The case for a performing arts centre
A hospital pass?
Big feet to follow
NAOMI ARNOLD traces the footsteps of Golden Bay's dinosaur discovery.
Da Vinci's last call
The Da Vinci Machines Exhibition at the Nelson Provincial Museum gave David Manning a sense of deja vu, prompting recollections of a visit to the place in France where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last years of his life and which also has a display of models of some of his machines.
Peace and plenty to enjoy
It's not often the habitual budget traveller gets the chance to try a bit of upmarket luxury accommodation, but it's easy to get used to, as Peter Gibbs discovered recently.
Unhappy trails
Great southern land
Heaven in a hot-tub
A luxury lodge in the Marlborough Sounds is ideally placed for Nelsonians wanting a weekend getaway, as Nelson Mail reporter Kiran Chug discovers.
Carefree summers on the Maitai
Sally Kidson remembers golden times up the Maitai
Go West, young man
Red rocks, arid, craggy hills and the remnants of times long past linger as my memories of childhood road trips through America's west.
Beach in the backyard
Angling photos taken on the fly
In search of isolation
It was once the great New Zealand summer holiday - an escape to an isolated beach, where pohutakawa brushed the water and campting was the order of the day. Karl du Fresne reflects on summers gone by.
Memorial service for shooting victim
Staff begin strike action to push pay claim
Warning to check and check again
Four on remand for Minto shooting
Young people wait for training
Tasman eyes arts centre plan cautiously
Charms help make Finnegan sparkle
Should the Tasman Rugby Union consider taking legal action against the NZRU in order to save the Makos?
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A great day out in the garden
A garden in full bloom was the perfect setting for Sunday's garden party at Eyebright in Richmond.
Diwali celebrations
The Nelson School of Music rocked to a different tune on Sunday as 300 people took part in Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.
Top of the South winning designs
Homes, restaurants and factories are celebrated in the Nelson Marlborough Architecture Awards.
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