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Wednesday 13 September 2023
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Store of the Year for Motueka
ELISE VOLLWEILER
Next time you’re prompted about that survey link on your Mitre 10 receipt, know that your thoughtful feedback can count towards
something rather special. That customer survey was one of many considerations that have just earned Motueka Mitre 10 the Store of the Year award at the franchise’s annual Store Awards.
Store owner David Richards said that as the news spreads through the town, his crew is receiving “amazing positive comments from the customers, [who are] just very pleased for the team”.
The accolade was announced late last month at Mitre 10’s annual conference, held this year in San Francisco. The Motueka store was also a finalist for the two years prior.
Mitre 10 is locally owned and operated and is truly a family affair for the Richards family, with David’s wife Maria and two of their
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Fifty years of fighting fires FIONA NELSON
the hall to welcome Ron and Woody who were chauffeured to the hall in two fire trucks. After much catching up over drinks and dinner, they received their medals from Dave Macfarlane QSM, past president and patron of the United Fire Brigades Association (UFBA). To recognise individual firefighters’ contribution to fire and emergency services in our communities, UFBA has
It’s taken a while, but finally Ron Heal and Derek Woodcock (aka ‘Woody’) have had the official recognition of their fifty years of service with Motueka Volunteer Fire Brigade. Over 200 people – friends, family and past and present colleagues - were invited to honour Woody and Ron at Motueka’s Memorial Hall last Saturday, 9 September. A line of honour was formed outside
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Motueka volunteer fire fighters Derek ‘Woody’ Woodcock and Ron Heal received their 50 year service medals on the weekend. Photo: Julie Turner.
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