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Paintball park could close down A popular paintball park in Appleby may be forced to shut down unless it is allocated a new site within the Tasman District Councils Waimea River Park development. The Waimea River Park Management Plan was initially developed by the TDC in 2010, and includes management and development of approximately 394 hectares of land alongside the Waimea River. The four-hectare paintball operation at Challie Page 1

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Murchisons hero cop does it again Murchison police constable, your mouth! Mike McDougall, seems to be making a habit of saving peoples lives. Last May, Mike was the first officer on the scene after truck driver Stephen Sowman lost control of his vehicle on State Highway 6, north of Murchison, and crashed 30 metres down a bank into the Buller River. Mike was unable to reach the truck in the fast-flowing water, but raced back to Mu Page 3

Shut till 2016 Trafalgar Centre and School of Music closed until at least 2016. Two of Nelsons major event centres will remain closed until 2016, announced Nelson City Council on Monday. Opus has been appointed to oversee the earthquake strengthening of the Trafalgar Centre and the Nelson School of Music auditorium, with construction not due to be finished until 2016. The Trafalgar Centre was closed in December Page 4

Community given $10,000 in charity d.. The Car Company $10,000 Charity Drive had to step outside its brief on Friday - giving more than $10,000 and splitting the money to more than just one group. The big winners were the Stoke Community Centre, which came away with $5000, and the Nelson South Swim Club, which was given $4000 cash. But the other three finalists that gathered on Friday morning to hear the final results didnt leave empt Page 4

Kiwis love to visit Nelson Nelson has been ranked as the third most popular holiday spot for Kiwis, shows a survey by travel website Wotif. The survey was released last week and shows Queenstown as the most popular domestic holiday venue, followed by Wellington, Nelson, Wanaka and Auckland. The same survey showed the beach ranked highest when it came to New Zealanders favourite place to holiday, which may explain Nelsons Page 5

NZs best brewer brewer Martin Townshend has come a long way since he made his first beer. Last Thursday, Martins Upper Moutere-based brewery was named New Zealands Champion Brewery at the Brewers Guild of New Zealand Beer Awards in Wellington. Townshend Brewery won an incredible 12 medals, including five golds, as well as the Champion New Zealand Manufacturer trophy and the New Zealand Specific Style category Page 3

PM stops by in Hope There was a sense of deja vu for Prime Minister John Key when he visited a Nelson company that has become a market leader in manufacturing concrete cutting and polishing tools. Last Wednesday, John Key told staff and guests at Holer Diamond Tools on Main Road Hope that one of his first official duties as a Member of Parliament was to "unveil a concrete mixer". Then he cemented his concrete theme b Page 3

Games medallist back home and back t.. Last week Amy Mcilroy was standing on a podium in Glasgow with a bronze medal draped around her neck, but this week she was back at work in Richmond, standing in front of a preschool full of children. The lawn bowler, who works at Little People Early Learning Centre, has just returned from competing at her very first Commonwealth Games, where she was part of the bronze medal-winning womens fours, Page 3

Dog jumps on learner driver, causing.. A dog jumped on to the lap of a 16 year old driver, frightening her, as she crashed into a power pole. Rosette Hailes-Paku, who has only had her learners licence for two weeks, was driving down Champion Rd to her new home with her mother, 11 year old sister and their pet dog, late on Thursday afternoon. Rosette says the dog jumped "on top of me" from the back seat, before the van hit the curb and Page 3

Shots fired on popular walkway Hearing shotguns echoing in the air, and coming across dying piglets on the track, wasnt what one Richmond man expected when he was walking his dogs last week. The man -- who didnt want to be named -- believes walkways in the Dellside Reserve, up Kingsland Forest, are attracting hunting and poaching, and he hopes it will end before someone is hurt. He says he saw a man walking with a rifle and h Page 1

Stolen fuel worries police Police are very concerned about the number and frequency of fuel thefts from properties in the Nelson Bays area in recent months, and the lengths offenders seem prepared to go to. Between April 1 and July 2, there were 50 fuel thefts reported from properties between Richmond and Motueka. The incidents have included offenders forcing entry into enclosed yards, siphoning industrial machinery such as Page 2

Locals in Pride of NZ finals Six Nelsonians have been named as finalists in the South Island section of the Pride of New Zealand awards. Kyle Paki Paki, Philip Walker, Adam Black and Gary Miller were selected as finalists in the bravery and heroism category for their rescue of the Faave family in July last year. Ian Price will battle two others for the Environment award, and Tama Easton and Mark Janssen make up two of the th Page 3

West Coast rubbish to be dumped here Buller will be dumping 3000 tonnes of their rubbish in the Tasmans districts Eves Valley landfill over the next year - but its all in the name of collaboration and profit. The Tasman District Council announced last week that the Eves Valley landfill will be taking 2500-3000 tonnes of refuse from the Buller District Council over the next year. The first load was trucked in from Westport and Ree Page 5

Tunnel vision The longest disused railway tunnel in the country could soon become the longest cycle trail tunnel in the country. Having last week welcomed news that council had decided to retain funding for the Great Taste Cycle Trails development in its annual plan, Nelson Tasman Cycle Trust chair Gillian Wratt says the next stage of construction will be linking up from Wakefield to Tapawera, Woodstock and Mo Page 2

Skull was from young woman A human skull found by two fishermen in March has been examined and found to be from a Polynesian woman, most likely from before European settlement of Nelson. Mackenzie Rose and her partner found the skull on the edge of the Waimea Estuary, behind Nelson Airport, when they went to go fishing. They called the police who sent the skull, along with some other bone fragments, to Otago University to b Page 3

Festival raises $29k for charity The Brightwater Wine and Food Festival exceeded organisers expectations with an impressive $29,000 raised - which was donated to community groups last week. Not only does the festival celebrate the regions produce with local wines, food, beer and music but the money raised makes a substantial difference to the community; helping some of the Nelson and Tasman regions hardest working groups and v Page 3