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Footloose Review
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Waste Art Competition
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Motoring With Macca
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Malvern Farmers’ Vet Club
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Malvern Probus
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New Zealand Event Awards
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Selwyn Awards cont…
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Darfield Fire Station Official Opening
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John Deer Finalists
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Oxford Great Garage Sale
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Snowdrop Sunday
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Sheffield Garden Club
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Malvern Spinners & Weavers
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Letter to the Editor
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Darfield Indoor Bowls
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Drones - Information
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Malvern Community Arts Council were overall category winners of the Arts and Culture Award. Pictured: Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton, Liz Hill-Taiaroa from Te Taumutu Rūnanga, MCAC Chairperson Rob Lawrence, MCAC…..Gallery Committee and Artweek Committee Chairperson Meg Morten and Puamiria Parata-Goodall from Te Taumutu Rūnanga.
This year’s Selwyn Awards was bigger and better than ever, with a record number of nominees and attendees enjoying Saturday night’s Gala Dinner. A crowd of more than 620 people celebrated the event at the Selwyn Sports Centre, where the ceremony was hosted by popular television personality and newsreader Hilary Barry. Gold, silver, and bronze awards were presented along with overall category winners for each of the 10 categories, as well as the People’s Choice award. One hundred and forty-eight nominations were received across all categories, and more than 8000 votes were cast for the People’s Choice Award, which was won by Tock.earth Limited, based in Lincoln, driven by passion to
deliver environmental action and education. In two years, with just one Selwyn based educator and minimal budget, they have reached over 40% of Selwyn school and preschool aged children (under eight years), through more than 300 waste minimisation workshops. The feedback has been great, with many parents and schools putting waste reduction measures into action in class
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