Marlborough player Anru Erasmus scores a try during the Miles Toyota Championship 1st XV rugby match between Nelson College and Marlborough Boys. Nelson College, Nelson. Photo: Chris Symes / www.photosport.nz
Picton’s Kent St is to become the new State Highway 1, a row over eligibility has erupted over five ‘year 14s’ in the controversial Marlborough Boys’ College first XV, an Australian mining company has been granted an exploration permit in Marlborough Sounds, and clusters of mushrooms which sprouted around trees in a Blenheim subdivision have caused a stir with the locals.
Ian Allen is an editor for Stuff based in Marlborough.