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A Nelson Intermediate School student jumped at the chance to get his message across about climate change's impact on the Earth.

The country needs to get to 90 per cent vaccination. The Nelson-Marlborough Pasifika community has topped 95 per cent.

The Nelson Arts Festival has opened a free exhibition of youth photography at the museum, giving tamariki a voice on climate and the environment.

Sunny skies saw locals flock to get their shots at pop-up vaccination centres around the Nelson-Tasman region.

“Mum sent in a video, but I didn’t know,” Tamatoa (Ngāti Whātua) said. “One day they rang, we thought it was a joke.” With his “Nanny” Chrissy Randall, Tamatoa flew to Auckland and went straight into rehearsal and filming. The day was long, the wait nerve-wracking, he said. “They put us last, it was 10pm. When you’re last, the whole time your nerves are building up.” Braden Fastier/Stuff But the excitement of meeting other performers and performing his song – Benee�...

If you could paint a picture of contagious enthusiasm, it would be a portrait of Kircher. Goateed, shiny eyed. Kircher is a talker and a glass brimming over. That kind of attitude is a prerequisite for folks in his line of work. Like many in the business, he’s hit big highs (a role as Bifur the dwarf in The Hobbit series) and some low lows (no work at all), but as he says, you’re only one audition away from another great role. KEVIN STENT/Stuff Kircher is auditioning for parts from hom...