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Mapua Country Store

Mapua Country Store

August 15, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 15.08.19 In recent weeks the business area at Mapua has had a couple of power outages, no power at any time for a business isn’t a great thing (remember the debacle in Auckland years ago)…

 
Downing Creative

Downing Creative

August 8, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 08.08.18 Ask any producer and they will tell you making a product is the easy part, selling it is another matter altogether and that is where Tony Downing and the team at Downing Creative shine.…

 
Hardy St Eatery

Hardy St Eatery

July 25, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 25.07.18 If you remember café’s like Faces, In Vino Fides and Café Max you will know exactly where the Hardy St Eatery is. Since opening in the early 1990’s as Face Café the premises has…

 
Carol Shirley & Gourmet Catering

Carol Shirley & Gourmet Catering

July 18, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 18.07.18 I first met Carol Shirley, the owner of Gourmet Catering, many years ago when she took over running the café at the old Maitai Bowling Club at the bottom of Trafalgar St, she made…

 
The Nelson Organic Co-op

The Nelson Organic Co-op

July 11, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 11.07.18 ? When Sue and Seager Mason decided to sell the Organic Green Grocer on the corner of Grove and Tasman Streets, a business they had spent 23 years running, many regular customers realised they…

 
Proper Crisps and Kumara

Proper Crisps and Kumara

June 27, 2018

Published in the Nelson Mail 27.06 18 A few days ago I opened a pack of Proper Crisps Kumara crisps and wondered if something had gone wrong, some of the crisps were a colour I hadn’t seen before and I…

 
New Zealand King Salmon Ōra King Awards

New Zealand King Salmon Ōra King Awards

June 6, 2018

In this column I have tended to focus on very cool, tasty products produced in Nelson and the talented people who make them, but we need to remember that while these small businesses are really important to Nelson and New…

 
Kush Coffee – Nelson Mail 21.03.18

Kush Coffee – Nelson Mail 21.03.18

March 21, 2018

Tucked around the corner in Church Street is one of Nelson’s favourite coffee houses, Kush Coffee and I reckon it is a coffee house with attitude – a good attitude. Anyone who has ever worked with me will tell you…

 
Dunbar Estates – Nelson Mail 24.01.18

Dunbar Estates – Nelson Mail 24.01.18

January 24, 2018

The majority of this region’s wine growing happens on the Waimea Plains, in the Moutere Hills or in the Tasman area, but tucked away in the Motueka Valley at Ngatimoti in a delightful setting is Dunbar Estates. As well as…

 
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