It’s the Nelson regional heats for Rock Quest
Walking through the double doors that separate the inside world from the out. What once was Nayland’s school hall has been transformed into what appears as a musical battle ground. More...
Walking through the double doors that separate the inside world from the out. What once was Nayland’s school hall has been transformed into what appears as a musical battle ground. More...
What's on
31 Aug - 6 Sep – Secondary Schools Winter Sports Tournament 5 September – Air New Zealand Cup, Tasman Mako’s V Manawatu Turbos – Trafalgar Park Be at Trafalgar Park to show your support for the Tasman Makos as they take on Counties Manukau! Phone (03) 548 7030. . More...
31 Aug - 6 Sep – Secondary Schools Winter Sports Tournament 5 September – Air New Zealand Cup, Tasman Mako’s V Manawatu Turbos – Trafalgar Park Be at Trafalgar Park to show your support for the Tasman Makos as they take on Counties Manukau! Phone (03) 548 7030. . More...
The low down on Youth Training
The time has come. Be the one to stand up and grasp the skills needed to lead todays youth into a new tomorrow. More...
The time has come. Be the one to stand up and grasp the skills needed to lead todays youth into a new tomorrow. More...
Will now be easier
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology is currently creating a new four level foundation programme aimed at assisting young and second chance learners to get started in tertiary study. It will stand alongside other programmes of study at NMIT and will provide an opportunity for those who have missed out at school or who wish to change direction begin the journey towards higher level study. More...
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology is currently creating a new four level foundation programme aimed at assisting young and second chance learners to get started in tertiary study. It will stand alongside other programmes of study at NMIT and will provide an opportunity for those who have missed out at school or who wish to change direction begin the journey towards higher level study. More...
Saturday, 03 October 2009
There are 10 Ticktes to win for Rocktober. To go in the draw More...
There are 10 Ticktes to win for Rocktober. To go in the draw More...
Showcase 16 November 2009, 6.30pm
Darnz Hip Hop Salsa Crew Inc (DHS) is a non-profit organisation that was established in 2005. It has been developed for youth between 5 and 17 years old. More...
Darnz Hip Hop Salsa Crew Inc (DHS) is a non-profit organisation that was established in 2005. It has been developed for youth between 5 and 17 years old. More...
What's on
Saturday 3 October 09 - Rocktober Nelson - Trafalgar Centre Three of NZ’s hottest acts will take the stage to perform to their much starved Nelson fans. Top Kiwi pop/punk bands - Midnight Youth, Goodnight Nurse and The Rabble - will play at the newly renovated Trafalgar Centre. More...
Saturday 3 October 09 - Rocktober Nelson - Trafalgar Centre Three of NZ’s hottest acts will take the stage to perform to their much starved Nelson fans. Top Kiwi pop/punk bands - Midnight Youth, Goodnight Nurse and The Rabble - will play at the newly renovated Trafalgar Centre. More...
What's on
6 October 09 - 20 November 09 - Tasman Karaoke Superstars The Tasman Karaoke Superstars returns to the stage as the search continues to crown this years Tasman converted Karaoke superstars. Top 2 place getters in each category will go onto represent Richmond at the Grand finals, hosted by the Motueka A&P show. More...
6 October 09 - 20 November 09 - Tasman Karaoke Superstars The Tasman Karaoke Superstars returns to the stage as the search continues to crown this years Tasman converted Karaoke superstars. Top 2 place getters in each category will go onto represent Richmond at the Grand finals, hosted by the Motueka A&P show. More...
What's on
Saturday 5 December 09 - MoreFM Christmas in the Park Motueka Recreation Centre Featuring local schools, groups and individuals displaying the great talents that this region has to offer. It is a family event that will have something to entertain the very young through to the very old. More...
Saturday 5 December 09 - MoreFM Christmas in the Park Motueka Recreation Centre Featuring local schools, groups and individuals displaying the great talents that this region has to offer. It is a family event that will have something to entertain the very young through to the very old. More...
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22 - 30 May 2010
Youth Week is all about celebrating young people! The theme for Youth Week 2010 is Rangatahi Ora: Whānau Ora, Connecting young people and their whānau/families There are some great events happening around Tasman and Nelson during Youth Week. Check out the events brochure below. More...
Youth Week is all about celebrating young people! The theme for Youth Week 2010 is Rangatahi Ora: Whānau Ora, Connecting young people and their whānau/families There are some great events happening around Tasman and Nelson during Youth Week. Check out the events brochure below. More...
Kids from school get cool
Trafalgar St, Nelson, 1 pm, 5 June 2009. The bustle of the street is cracked by the pierce of a pair of screeching whistles. More...
Trafalgar St, Nelson, 1 pm, 5 June 2009. The bustle of the street is cracked by the pierce of a pair of screeching whistles. More...
By Lucie Gray
Everyone seems to be suffering from the mid winter blues. The bitter cold weather, the latest dose of flu and another boring weekend curled up on the couch watching DVDs is enough reason to spend the cold months sulking and waiting for summer. More...
Everyone seems to be suffering from the mid winter blues. The bitter cold weather, the latest dose of flu and another boring weekend curled up on the couch watching DVDs is enough reason to spend the cold months sulking and waiting for summer. More...
Youth Week
The last week in May marked Youth Week – a national initiative focusing on creating a society that values young people and affirms their diversity whilst also celebrating the amazing things young people can do. Students at Motueka High School, as part of their Youth Week focus, tested themselves with a variety of challenging team-building exercises during lunchtimes. More...
The last week in May marked Youth Week – a national initiative focusing on creating a society that values young people and affirms their diversity whilst also celebrating the amazing things young people can do. Students at Motueka High School, as part of their Youth Week focus, tested themselves with a variety of challenging team-building exercises during lunchtimes. More...
From Hungary with love - by Cam Leslie
This is the last email I will send to you from Hungary. The way I have been counting time has now changed for me, from how long I have been here to how long I have left. More...
This is the last email I will send to you from Hungary. The way I have been counting time has now changed for me, from how long I have been here to how long I have left. More...
By Wilbur Townsend, Youth Councillor, Motueka Cluster
We live in a world that can seem pretty damn messed up. People are starving left right and centre, the worlds getting hotter and hotter, the mouse on my computer keeps screwing up, and as if all that wasn’t bad enough, I still have a massive media studies reprt due! I mean, talk about bad timing! The worse news of all is that it’s not all bad news. More...
We live in a world that can seem pretty damn messed up. People are starving left right and centre, the worlds getting hotter and hotter, the mouse on my computer keeps screwing up, and as if all that wasn’t bad enough, I still have a massive media studies reprt due! I mean, talk about bad timing! The worse news of all is that it’s not all bad news. More...
Check it out!
Are you into mountainbiking but are sick of riding the same old trails. Well read on and see what is happening down at Kaiteriteri. More...
Are you into mountainbiking but are sick of riding the same old trails. Well read on and see what is happening down at Kaiteriteri. More...
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Volunteers are the glue that helps our communities to stick together through times of hardship and struggle. Volunteers aren't paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. More...
By Sophie Harrison
Performing together for nearly two years, Nelson hip-hop group, ORIGIN has gone from strength to strength. Representing New Zealand at international dance competitions, showcasing their talents at the Royal Easter Show and dancing on What Now have been some of the amazing events ORIGIN has been involved in. More...
Performing together for nearly two years, Nelson hip-hop group, ORIGIN has gone from strength to strength. Representing New Zealand at international dance competitions, showcasing their talents at the Royal Easter Show and dancing on What Now have been some of the amazing events ORIGIN has been involved in. More...
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On 30 may 2009
On the May 30 2009, the Golden Bay Youth Council organised a skate competition. Contestants and spectators came from all over the district. More...
On the May 30 2009, the Golden Bay Youth Council organised a skate competition. Contestants and spectators came from all over the district. More...
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A selection of Nelson-Tasman’s premier high school bands will be hitting the highway on their quest to rock the region as the Tasman Band Tour takes flight later this month. Three massive shows over three consecutive Saturday nights promise to make this a tour of epic proportions.
The Tasman Band Tour is a region-wide youth music series, providing up and coming high school bands with an opportunity to perform live, as a lead-in to Rockquest. Youth friendly music gigs in Richmond, Motueka and Takaka are scheduled on consecutive Saturday nights starting with a Richmond gig on April 24th. More...
The Tasman Band Tour is a region-wide youth music series, providing up and coming high school bands with an opportunity to perform live, as a lead-in to Rockquest. Youth friendly music gigs in Richmond, Motueka and Takaka are scheduled on consecutive Saturday nights starting with a Richmond gig on April 24th. More...
By Jonty Comins and Harry Townsend
Have you ever been full of adrenaline up on a mountain, facing a vertical drop, relying on just two rubber wheels? No? Well you should try it - especially if you’re into extreme sports! Mountain biking is one of those sports that many people love and get a huge thrill out of… What skills would I gain from taking part in this sport? This beautiful sport is for people who have endurance, core-strength and balance, bike handling skills, self confidence and self reliance. When you become a more advanced rider you can get into riding steep, complicated downhill switch-backs, roll-overs and dropoffs. More...
Have you ever been full of adrenaline up on a mountain, facing a vertical drop, relying on just two rubber wheels? No? Well you should try it - especially if you’re into extreme sports! Mountain biking is one of those sports that many people love and get a huge thrill out of… What skills would I gain from taking part in this sport? This beautiful sport is for people who have endurance, core-strength and balance, bike handling skills, self confidence and self reliance. When you become a more advanced rider you can get into riding steep, complicated downhill switch-backs, roll-overs and dropoffs. More...
By Leigh-Ann Weaver
Wow! What a fantastic line-up from Stage Challenge! If you missed it, let me give you the low down… it was flippin Awesome! It rocked the roof off the Trafalgar Centre. There were a number of schools that entered and every one of them was amazing! My favourite was the Nelson Boys & Girls combined but they didn’t win, But Nayland won, which was just as good! Great job Nayland! Here are some photos of the night! If you want to watch the performances head to www. More...
Wow! What a fantastic line-up from Stage Challenge! If you missed it, let me give you the low down… it was flippin Awesome! It rocked the roof off the Trafalgar Centre. There were a number of schools that entered and every one of them was amazing! My favourite was the Nelson Boys & Girls combined but they didn’t win, But Nayland won, which was just as good! Great job Nayland! Here are some photos of the night! If you want to watch the performances head to www. More...
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The brave don’t run - by Ben Anderson
Don’t you hate it when it’s your birthday and someone gets you a CD and wraps it up. It’s so obvious that it’s a CD, why waste paper wrapping it? As I tore into it I was taken aback that the CD I had in my sweaty little hands was Midnight Youths debut album The Brave Don’t Run. More...
Don’t you hate it when it’s your birthday and someone gets you a CD and wraps it up. It’s so obvious that it’s a CD, why waste paper wrapping it? As I tore into it I was taken aback that the CD I had in my sweaty little hands was Midnight Youths debut album The Brave Don’t Run. More...
A new bike park with dirt jumps will open in Ngatimoti on March 21, with a Jump Jam event offering riders the opportunity to test their skills. The Firepit dirt park has been developed on reserve land behind the Ngatimoti Fire Station, next to a pump track developed several years ago. More...
By Emma Duigan
For a 13 or 14-year-old girl to shave her head is a big deal - and when it is just weeks before a school formal, it’s doubly scary. Murchison Area School students Madeleine McLean and Romee Parkinson decided to shave their heads because they “wanted to help children with cancer have the chance to be normal kids and run around outside, get muddy and spend less time hooked up to plastic tubes and machines. More...
For a 13 or 14-year-old girl to shave her head is a big deal - and when it is just weeks before a school formal, it’s doubly scary. Murchison Area School students Madeleine McLean and Romee Parkinson decided to shave their heads because they “wanted to help children with cancer have the chance to be normal kids and run around outside, get muddy and spend less time hooked up to plastic tubes and machines. More...
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From Hungary with love - by Cam Leslie
My Host Family: So I meet my host family; Apa, Anya, Renáta (older sister) and Zoltán (younger brother – yes, that means that I get to be an older bro and not the baby of the family). So it was a slightly awkward drive home but an exciting one. More...
My Host Family: So I meet my host family; Apa, Anya, Renáta (older sister) and Zoltán (younger brother – yes, that means that I get to be an older bro and not the baby of the family). So it was a slightly awkward drive home but an exciting one. More...
From Hungary with love - by Cam Leslie
Cam, a Waimea College student, is on a year-long exchange. So it has now just about been a month now that I have been living in Hungary (Magyarország). More...
Cam, a Waimea College student, is on a year-long exchange. So it has now just about been a month now that I have been living in Hungary (Magyarország). More...
Opening Launch
The concept of a BMX track has been discussed on and off for the past 40 years in Murchison. Countless hours were spent by local youth petitioning and lobbying the local Council and community to have their wishes heard, involving many animated discussions by the passionate and enthusiastic young people who ride bikes around the town for fun and fitness. More...
The concept of a BMX track has been discussed on and off for the past 40 years in Murchison. Countless hours were spent by local youth petitioning and lobbying the local Council and community to have their wishes heard, involving many animated discussions by the passionate and enthusiastic young people who ride bikes around the town for fun and fitness. More...
The Tasman Band Tour (TBT) came, saw and conquered! Three epic shows over three consecutive Saturdays, in three distinctly unique venues across the Tasman District have laid a solid foundation for the nine touring high school bands to push for higher honours, with the annual Regional Rockquest competition just around the corner.
Opening up for the tour, and doing an excellent job at warming the crowd up, were the acoustic performers In these Shoes, featuring Emma Knott and Sarah Tunstall from Nelson College for Girls, and Alex, playing some classic Jack Johnston melodies. More...
By Tomo
Hi, I’m Tomo. Nearly two years ago, one of my best mates died of cancer. More...
Hi, I’m Tomo. Nearly two years ago, one of my best mates died of cancer. More...
Everyone needs more energy right? And sometimes you need it fast. This is where the massive energy drink trend comes in. More...
Youth Volunteer Awards 2010
Young people voluntarily contributing and making a positive difference to our communities were officially recognised at the 2010 Nelson- Tasman Youth Volunteer Awards, hosted at the New Hub during Youth Week. Over 160 nominations were received. More...
Young people voluntarily contributing and making a positive difference to our communities were officially recognised at the 2010 Nelson- Tasman Youth Volunteer Awards, hosted at the New Hub during Youth Week. Over 160 nominations were received. More...
'Win Almost Alice CD' - The soundtrack to Alice in Wonderland
Click here to WIN one of 3 CDs
Win a double pass to the movies!
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Now Recruiting
Hey you, young person, wanna make Tasman a better place for you and your mates? Well then join the tasman youth council and get involved with youth projects in your local community. Run youth events, publish youth magazines, design youth web sites, host youth radio shows, make new friends, have fun. More...
Hey you, young person, wanna make Tasman a better place for you and your mates? Well then join the tasman youth council and get involved with youth projects in your local community. Run youth events, publish youth magazines, design youth web sites, host youth radio shows, make new friends, have fun. More...
Open sports session
Hey - are you a teenager who's stuck for something to do on Friday nights other than just sitting around getting bored? Well head down to the Richmond Badminton Hall in Jubilee Park and get involved in some informal recreation. There are all sorts of sports to get stuck in-to and the best thing is that its absolutely free - all you need is the motivation to come and get involved. More...
Hey - are you a teenager who's stuck for something to do on Friday nights other than just sitting around getting bored? Well head down to the Richmond Badminton Hall in Jubilee Park and get involved in some informal recreation. There are all sorts of sports to get stuck in-to and the best thing is that its absolutely free - all you need is the motivation to come and get involved. More...
By the FreedomSkate Team
Hey jam readers, Tomo Chisnall here, owner of FreedomSkate New Zealand. Things are flat out with us at the moment and life is grand! Recently we helped do landscaping to a house which will be sold and all money will go to benefit a Zimbabwe orphanage! This has been an amazing project, and we can’t thank enough those who have helped us with this!! A massive thank-you to Gavin and to Wholesale Landscapes, Wakefield Rock Quarry, Ready Lawn, Place for Plants and Bay Nurseries for all their donations and support. More...
Hey jam readers, Tomo Chisnall here, owner of FreedomSkate New Zealand. Things are flat out with us at the moment and life is grand! Recently we helped do landscaping to a house which will be sold and all money will go to benefit a Zimbabwe orphanage! This has been an amazing project, and we can’t thank enough those who have helped us with this!! A massive thank-you to Gavin and to Wholesale Landscapes, Wakefield Rock Quarry, Ready Lawn, Place for Plants and Bay Nurseries for all their donations and support. More...
By Brooke Henman
Question: Is it true that you always get what you pay for? We wanted to see if that was correct, so we bought cheap and expensive versions of products including salt and vinegar chips, lemonade and Tim Tams. We got a group of 7 hungry looking people who were up for the challenge… We tried to figure out which ones were the cheaper brands and which one were the expensive brands. More...
Question: Is it true that you always get what you pay for? We wanted to see if that was correct, so we bought cheap and expensive versions of products including salt and vinegar chips, lemonade and Tim Tams. We got a group of 7 hungry looking people who were up for the challenge… We tried to figure out which ones were the cheaper brands and which one were the expensive brands. More...
