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Wednesday 21 May 2014
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Rosy reaction to rose award in front of the “bigwigs” of the New Zealand Rose Society at its AGM in Christchurch. “We had not the slightest inkling whatsoever. It was a huge bombshell to us. The people we went with knew what was coming up and they insisted we went,” says Letty. Norm, who is hard of hearing, says he didn’t even know what
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was happening until Letty told him to stand up and join her on stage. “I gathered they were talking about Letty but didn’t know until we got up there what it was all about. I was absolutely blown away,” he says. The Thawleys were well known
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The backers of a proposed motorsports and adventure park near Tapawera are holding a meeting in Nelson next month to present their plans for the park and form a working group to "facilitate the project". The New Zealand Central Motorsports and Adventure Park was granted resource management planning permission by the Environment Court last month. The park will be constructed on a 203 hectare property at Stanley Brook owned by Nelson motorsport enthusiast Garry Adcock who initiated the project with his former business partner Gary Donaldson in 2011. New project manager Dave McLeod says the next step is to form a group to start the second stage of the project. Dave says they have already been approached by a number of people interested in being involved in the park's development and will form a working group or committee after next month's meeting.
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"The project has been in the planning stages for a long time but we haven't been comfortable about going out and seeking support until we got the resource consent," Dave says. "Now we have that it's time to take that next step." Dave says the key to the venture's success will be to develop a site that caters for a wide range of activities. Although the park will be centred around a complex of motorsport tracks and facilities it will also include a conference centre, accommodation, camping ground, mountainbike park and tracks, commercial premises and a variety of recreational activities. Dave says Nelson motorsport groups are very supportive of the concept because it will provide them with a permanent head-
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Tapawera on cusp of motor park
Mahana’s Norm and Letty Thawley with the Frank Penn Award, the highest honour in rose society circles. Photo: Andrew Board.
For 50 years Norm and Letty Thawley have shared a passion for roses, and earlier this month their life-long efforts were rewarded with the country’s highest rose society honour – the Frank Penn Award. It was the first time the award has been given to a couple and the Thawleys say it was a huge shock,
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