Community Christmas dinner serves up gift of companionship
MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF About 180 diners enjoyed festive fare at the inaugural community-organised Christmas dinner at the Beachside Conference and Events Centre in Tāhunanui. Lashings of festive fare and a big helping of community spirit sent 180 guests home satisfied after Nelson's first Rotary Community Christmas Dinner. The diners, many of whom would otherwise be alone or had suffered hardship from Covid-19 fallout this year, sat down to a feast at the Beachside Conference and Events Centre in Tāhunanui on Christmas Day. Martin De Ruyter/Stuff Chef Damian Richards, right, with volunteer...