Kiwi Spirit’s Summer Festival set to rock in Golden Bay

Much-loved local band Rabbit Hole will be playing their captivating melodies and filthy beats.

Kiwi tunes are sure to flow at Kiwi Spirit’s inaugural Summer Festival that kicks off at 11am on Saturday, 9 January.

It’s guaranteed to be an epic kiwi day in the sun accompanied by freshly-made cocktails with award-winning kiwi spirits and locally grown and sourced food.

Buses to the Festival are available from Takaka township, Pohara campground, Tata Beach and Totaranui camp- ground.

Anyone under 18-years-old must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

Tickets at $45 per adult and $25 per youth are limited and will be fully refunded if necessary due to Covid-19.

With an exceptional line-up including popular local band Rabbit Hole the event is taking place at 430 Abel Tasman Drive, Motupipi and wraps up at 6pm.

A collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Shan Bishop, drummer Bruce McGregor, saxophonist Simon Williams and guitarist Luke Wilkes, Rabbit Hole is renowned for their captivating melodies and filthy beats.

They guarantee each show to be a new adventure with their slightly dubby sounds loaded with a funk-esque twist and buckets of soul.

Golden Bay’s finest local boys of the

Cowpokers will be there too with their foot stomping, high energy music for ranchers and dancers.

Canterbury singersongwriter Carmel Courtney, a multiinstrumentalist who has mastered the art of playing two saxophones at once and Christchurch band Yurt Party who have people dancing in bars, at parties and literally in the street to their Balkan folk-inspired gypsy roots music will no doubt rev up the

Festival.

As if that line-up wasn’t enough Festival organisers also have Max Maxwell, Superdexta, The Accents and Tumbao all guaranteed to provide an unforgettable Festival experience.

Kiwi Spirit’s Summer Festival

Saturday, 9 January 11am – 6pm

430 Abel Tasman Drive, Motupipi, Golden Bay Tickets $45 adult, $25 youth

Tasman resident arrested for drugs, cash and a gun

A 61-year-old Tasman resident appeared before the Nelson District Court on Tuesday, 8 December charged with drug dealing offences and possession of a .44 magnum revolver.

The man and his partner were stopped by Tasman Police including the Armed Offenders Squad as they drove off a ferry at Picton on the morning of Friday, 4 December.

A search of their campervan located a Smith & Wesson .44 magnum revolver, methamphetamine, cannabis and a large sum of cash.

The operation run by Nelson Bays CIB was part of the Nelson Bays Police commitment to target methamphetamine dealers.

“We want to disrupt the supply chain from reaching vulnerable members of our com- munity and remove assets obtained through criminal activities,” says Nelson Bays Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Johnston.

“Police are committed to targeting drug offenders who prey on and profit from those who are vulnerable in our community because Police and the public have no tolerance for these offenders in our society. We also want our community to assist us by alerting us to any suspicious activity involving drug distribution.”

You can contact your local Police station, or you can provide information anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

As the matter is now before the court, Police are not in a position to comment further.

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