Sunday, 11 April 2021 - 17:38
Minister of Youth & Sports, Honorable Namal Rajapaksa declared open the ‘Underwater Gallery Nilwella’ at Nilwella beach yesterday (10th April 2021).
Built with the contribution of the Sri Lanka Navy, this latest addition in the southern coast of Nilwella, would from here on attract more local and foreign holidaymakers towards this popular tourist destination.
The project had been set in motion after taking a wide array of matters into consideration. Among them; prevention of harmful effects on marine animals, plants and corals due to natural and human activities, protection of the marine ecosystem, creation of an artificial fish breeding environment, provision of artificial substrates for coral reefing and offering a magnificent site for scuba divers were factored.
Photos: Ōpononi s Ventnor memorial honours 499 Chinese goldminers lost at sea
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Members of a Chinese dance troupe place incense sticks at the Ventnor memorial. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Members of a Chinese dance troupe place incense sticks at the Ventnor memorial. Photo / Peter de Graaf
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A memorial to 499 Chinese gold miners whose remains were lost at sea when the SS Ventnor sank off Hokianga Harbour in 1902 and the west coast Māori who recovered the bones and buried them alongside their own people was dedicated in Ōpononi on Saturday. More than 200 members of New Zealand s Chinese community, from as far away as Dunedin, attended the ceremony along with iwi, government ministers and MPs.
Married at First Sight: Guest reveals behind-the-scenes look at wedding
4 Apr, 2021 02:20 AM
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Here s a look at what happens behind the scenes of a MAFS wedding. Photo / TikTok
Here s a look at what happens behind the scenes of a MAFS wedding. Photo / TikTok
NZ Herald
A guest who attended a Married at First Sight wedding shared footage from behind the scenes - and show fans are not impressed.
Radio announcer Annabelle Brett posted videos from behind the scenes of a MAFS wedding to her TikTok account, revealing what really happens when the cameras aren t rolling.
Brett attended the wedding of MAFS villain Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson and the footage shows how the guests were all shuffled into a bus from Canberra to Sydney, without knowing where they were going.
Mosque attacks memorial: Low numbers at national service, refunds offered for service fees on free tickets
15 Mar, 2021 12:50 AM
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Fees of up to $16 charged in error for tickets to national service to mark the anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks despite it being a free and public event. Photo / George Heard
Fees of up to $16 charged in error for tickets to national service to mark the anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks despite it being a free and public event. Photo / George Heard
NZ Herald
A national remembrance service held to mark the second anniversary of the Christchurch terror attack was only attended by about 150 members of the public.
Whanganui news in brief: Music festival raises big dollars for charity
15 Mar, 2021 05:44 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
Festival raises $11k
The annual Pauls Road Live music festival raised more than $11,000 for Gabby s Starlit Hope Charity. The charity was set up by Gabby Devine in early 2014, after she was diagnosed with Ewing s sarcoma the previous year. Devine died in 2015 aged 13, but the charity has continued in her honour. Three Whanganui and New Plymouth families with children who have cancer have been gifted $3770 each. The charity thanked festival organisers Fred Loveridge and Kerry O Sullivan, the Butlers for hosting, all the local bands that performed and everyone who attended and supported the event.