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Tuesday 11 November 2014
Nayland principal farewells college
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Stoke/Nayland vs ACOB
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Mum loses money after dentist closes A Nelson mother with at least $600 worth of credit with her local dentist is battling to get her money back after the business closed its doors, leaving no contact details. Stacey didn’t want her last name printed but says she had an automatic payment set up with Stoke Dental Centre, which was owned by Dr Nicolas Smith. She says she called the clinic last week to book an appointment, knowing that she had a credit with the dentist, only to get an answerphone message telling her that the business had closed and referring her to another dentist. “It took me a long time to save and had I not rung, my automatic payment would have kept going, no one told me to stop it.” Stacey set up the automatic payment for on-going dental work and says she was “gutted” to hear that her money would probably be lost. “My new dentist said he went into liquidation and that I probably wouldn’t get my money back. I have three kids, a mortgage. My husband and I both
Stoke’s Holly Chandler digs the ball during the beach volleyball tournament at Tahunanui Beach on Sunday. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.
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work, I work six days, I’m trying to be a responsible adult by saving up and then something like this happens.” The chief executive of the Dental Council, Marie Warner, says the council received a request from Dr Smith on November 3 to be removed from the dental register, but she didn’t have any more information. “Our understanding from local dental practitioners in Nelson is that Dr Smith has closed his practice and that Dr Graham Leathley, general dentist of Richmond Dental Centre has offered to be an initial point of contact for former patients of Dr Smith who are under active treatment.” She says those who are unhappy about owed money should contact the disputes tribunal. Nelson Weekly tried to contact Dr Smith, but had no luck.
Volleyball hits the beach
Beach volleyball made a timely return to Tahuanui Beach on Sunday, the hot weather matching the action on the sand. The event was called the Pines New Zealand Challenger and saw 27 pairs compete across three divisions over six courts. Abbey Greenwood and Micah Lindsay-Brown won the open womens’ section, Teryn Proracki and Patrick Shone won the mens’ title and Sarah Wagner and Brooke Matheson won the new junior girls’ satellite division.
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