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Wednesday 13 November 2019
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Wine & Food Festival returns
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this saturday - see page 22-23 Everyone’s a winner in this house, with Shane Thompson and Suzanne Walding both winning big at the New Zealand Beard and Moustache Competition. Photo: Susan Johnson.
Full weekend for Wanderers
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full Story PAGE 8
Matt McCrorie Reporter
matt@waimeaweekly.co.nz
Drought and fire risk prevented the popular Nelson Wine and Food festival from happening earlier this year, but that hasn’t deterred organisers from forging ahead for 2020. The Rotary Club of Richmond is currently busy organising one of the region’s most popular events, planned to return on February 16, 2020. Festival-goers will notice a big change next year, as the festival relocates back to its birthplace at the A&P Showgrounds on Lower Queen Street, after moving to Middle Earth Vineyards in Brightwater in 2004. Peter Glue, a member of the organising committee, said after they discovered that the previous venue was being sold, they had to look for new options. “The A&P showground is a great area to have it. There’s natural shade, ample power for stallholders, and it’s close to a big population base.” Accessibility played a big part in
Beards win big
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