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Mayor David Wright and Anne Thompson, 2020 Citizen of the Year, announced the winner. The ceremony’s MC was netballer and broadcaster Liz Ellis. The Ballina Shire resident offered a relaxed, funny and engaging style to the occasion, accompanied by special guest, Channel 9 sports reporter James Bracey. Barbara Swain was awarded the accolade for her 25-year work with the Ballina Mental Health Support Group, a charity she founded. Mrs Swain started up the group after her son Barry lost his battle with depression. The Sporting Achievement Award went to Clare Southwell. Having sailed competiti...

SUPPLIED Hamish Walker of Harcourts Highland Real Estate, says that this resort-style development at Gibbston Valley is a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone who wants to experience the best Central Otago has to offer. Construction is planned in 2021 for a luxury development in the Gibbston Valley just outside of Queenstown.   "This is once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone who wants to experience the best Central Otago has to offer. A first for the Gibbston Valley region, I see this becoming a must-see attraction for anyone visiting Queenstown," says listing agent Hamish Walker o...

Last year’s winners of the Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards. Photo supplied. This year’s Australia Day celebrations for Ballina Shire will be held at Lennox Head Cultural Centre on Tuesday 26 January, starting at 9am. The 2021 event will include the citizenship ceremony, Australia Day awards, and performances by opera singer Katie Rutledge and 12-year-old singer/songwriter Lennox Broadley. Ballina Council say they are delighted to have James Bracey as special guest speaker this year, along with Liz Ellis as Master of Ceremonies. Special guests James Bracey. Photo supplied. James Brace...

Housing development gets the go-ahead on former hotel site Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free. To access all other news will require a...

Top three columns of the year from Audrey Young.