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11/06/2024

One half of the driving force behind Pro Karts and Nelson Fun Park, Betsy Fowler tells us about her love of singing, dancing, her family, and that time she fled the Exclusive Brethren Church aged 18. Have a read in our June edition.

06/06/2024

Shane Christie is a Mako legend who ended his rugby career early after suffering from repeated concussions. He tells Nelson Magazine his story and how we need to be doing more to avoid the tragedy that can come from ignoring the sport’s ticking time bomb.

Read on in our June edition. Link in bio.

31/05/2024

Pick up your June edition of Nelson Magazine just in time for the weekend.

Featuring multi-award winning Māori singer-songwriter Maisey Rika on the cover. Maisy will be performing at the Matariki Festival on 28 June at Trafalgar Park ✨

17/05/2024

In case anyone was still unaware at this point, mountain biking is huge in Nelson, but what happens before the wheels start spinning and after they stop? Where do people congregate for their rides and where do they have a natter while out on the trails? Justin Eade talks to a number of riders and finds out their popular gathering spots, and what mountain biking means to them socially.

Check out our May edition

13/05/2024

This month, Pink Ribbon breakfasts are being held all over the country as fundraisers for the Breast Cancer Foundation continue fighting the good fight. Britt Coker talks to three Nelson women who are doing some fighting of their own. Read these women’s stories in the latest edition of Nelson Magazine. Link in bio.

07/05/2024

Meet Shannon Cassidy, host of her own Kiwi music radio show on Fresh FM, and member of the Nelson Sambassadors. Shannon talked to us about her love for her daughter Everly, and our local music scene. Have a read in the May edition.

01/05/2024

Anna Wilcox is kicking off the month of May with her autumnal style 🍂

Plus check out the latest trends, beautiful homes and get to know some pretty remarkable women.

May’s edition is out now. Pick up your free copy, or read online.

26/04/2024

Nelson often astonishes with the hidden world-class creative talent we have right here, making a huge impact on the wider world. ‘Moose Ninja Studios’, a group of talented filmmakers who’ve been shooting high-quality, comedic short videos, is the latest such interesting and potential-filled collaboration. Justin Eade talks to a few of the people involved and finds out how Moose Ninja came about and what they hope to achieve.

Have a read, link in bio.

23/04/2024

As a child in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Lu Khani learned to outrun thunderstorms, play sports, and to be grateful for the little things, as Britt Coker finds out. Have a read in our April edition.

11/04/2024

With a range of products described as “castle furniture, dungeon accessories with punk rock/medieval aesthetics and a sprinkle of post-apocalyptic”, you’d be right to think Golden Bay blacksmithing couple Patrick Baker and Tatiana von Kastan haven’t taken the well-worn path. As Alistair Hughes discovers, their story is as fascinating as the work they produce.

Read about Pat and Tatiana in our April edition. Link in bio.

07/04/2024

April’s magazine is out now. Featuring the lovely Prade and her beautiful family and plant-filled home 🏡

Plus, check out Golden Bay’s punk rock blacksmiths, local barbershops and autumn fashion.

Read online (link in bio) or pick up a copy from a stand near you.

28/03/2024

Nelson architect Mathew Hay is a creative guy. In addition to designing houses and buildings, Mathew dabbles in furniture making and is responsible for the look of some of Nelson’s most attractive hospitality venues. In this month’s edition, he talks to Matt Lawrey about his work and his favourite piece of art.

13/03/2024

While most of us see a letterbox for its function, there are those among us who see it as an opportunity to create, to entertain and to share their personality with all those who pass by. We discover the stories behind some of our region’s most interesting letterboxes.

08/03/2024

Life on the fringe can be exciting, as Nelson audiences are about to find out. Each year the gathers a collection of interesting and wacky talent to bring a bolt of creative energy to the city. This year’s ten-day, 50-show festival will be no different. Judene Edgar speaks with two of this year’s performers – Andy Manning and Nikki Karki.

06/03/2024

In this month’s edition, Britt Coker talks with Ali Jamieson, a man who has lived a life of extremes, both in altitudes and attitudes. It’s these high and lows that have led him off the beaten track and on to Nelson’s well-wheeled ones.

01/03/2024

Your March magazine is here. Featuring letterboxes that will make you smile, Fringe Festival performers and a look inside Founders Heritage Park.

Cover 📸 Lee Punt.

28/02/2024

Walking down the driveway into Kath and Brendan’s shed and garden on a quiet street in Stoke, you get the most pleasant surprise. They have created their own peaceful oasis that really is like no other.

Check out February’s

21/02/2024

Converted garages, honest storytellers, and post-production know-how. Britt Coker chats with local podcasters Hayley Peti and James Marshall to find out all about the life of a podcast host. Have a read in our February magazine.

14/02/2024

The Great Kiwi Bake Off sees ten bakers from across New Zealand compete for sweet and savoury success on TVNZ 1. We caught up with two Nelsonians hoping to impress judges to become New Zealand’s best home baker.

12/02/2024

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But what do the Romans do when they’re not in Rome? In Flavia Spena’s case, she still does a little of what the Romans do. Flavia Spena and her husband, Flavio Donati, talk to us about their life in Nelson and their business, ViaVio, in this month’s edition.

08/02/2024

Meet the flower farmers of Nelson Tasman 🌸 In this month’s edition we catch up with eight people who have turned their love of growing flowers into a blooming business.

30/01/2024

Featuring flowers 🌻 bakers 🧑‍🍳 and podcast hosts 🎙️ there’s so much more inside the February edition boasts. So pick up a copy from a stand near you, or read online, you can do that too.

11/01/2024

Entering the creative industries can be challenging. You can have all the talent, all the training, but finding full time employment as an artist can be tough. Art/Work, a Nelson-based programme to support artists, is helping more creatives refine the art of business. Have a read online, link in bio.

Pictured: Art/Work’s business projects advisor Stephen Broad-Paul.

06/01/2024

Adriana Harper has dedicated her life to dancing and it’s taken her all over the world. Now she’s helping a generation of Nelson dancers reach for their own dancing dreams, as Adrienne Matthews discovers in our January edition.

31/12/2023

Happy New Year! Enjoy the first day of the year, and the first edition of Nelson Magazine for the year ☀️

19/12/2023

Bursting with colour and Christmas cheer is Carley and Bryn’s home in Māpua. As interior designer of Colourbolt Interior Design, Carley knows a thing or two about working with colour, patterns and texture to create something special.

Check out is December’s edition 🎄

14/12/2023

Just north of Nelson you’ll find an institute that attracts a diverse group of talented people from all corners of the globe. As Adrienne Matthews finds out, it isn’t sun, fish or tramping that brings them here, but woodworking. To be more precise, fine woodworking.

Catch up with the students and tutors at Nelson’s Centre for Fine Woodworking in our December edition.

07/12/2023

By day, Michaela Sheehan is a year 7/8 classroom teacher at Broadgreen Intermediate School. By night, she takes the stage as a performer. And somewhere in between, she runs her own music studio - Mickey’s Music Studio, teaching musical theatre, voice, piano and theory.

We get to know Michaela in this months edition.

06/12/2023

Jessica Leigh has been busy studying towards a Batchelor’s degree and producing songs that have reached the country’s pop charts. This proud Nelson musician is now getting set to play in front of a home audience for the first time. We chat with Jessica ahead of Nelson’s New Years Eve Countdown to 2024 concert.

29/11/2023

What’s on this summer in Nelson? Find out in the December edition, out now ☀️

Artwork: Hamish Allan, Lessons from Suburbia, part 4 - Parking (detail), 2023, acrylic on canvas.

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