Blenheim police considered using shipping container to hold prisoners at Picton station

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Marlborough Express Banner]( 06 December 2019 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Marlborough Express stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Blenheim police considered using shipping container to hold prisoners at Picton station]( An earthquake risk meant prisoners were due to serve some of their sentence in a converted 40ft shipping container, but this time, time was on their side. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Large Article Image]( ['Total loss' of Blenheim home in house fire]( Four crews battled the blaze which was "well involved" in fire. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Crowdfunded Marlborough medicinal cannabis company to begin hemp planting]( A crowd-funding campaign for a Marlborough medicinal cannabis company has hit $3 million. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Te reo teacher who inspired generations of Marlburians a 'treasure']( Nan Kahu Chadwick was overcome with emotion when she learnt she was Marlborough's newest Living Cultural Treasure. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Marlborough Singers hitting all the right notes with Handel's Messiah]( Although New Zealand opera singer Robert Tucker has been singing since he was young, his choir welcomes all ages and abilities. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( ['It's my home now': Marlborough migrants' recipe for settlement]( Mani Kaur and Mickey Singh are the proud new owners of The Next Door Cafe, the restaurant they had always dreamed of. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Wartime relics and spooky submarine stations rediscovered on Sounds voyage]( Spooky and overgrown, long forgotten relics in the outer reaches of the Queen Charlotte Sound serve as a reminder of our wartime efforts. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Earthquake damaged Ward community hall to get $560,000 fix]( The 1912 building damaged in earthquakes will be repaired at a cost of $564,440. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Spearfishing competition returns to Sounds with 'best rubbish' catch]( Marlborough Sounds will host its third spearfishing competition next weekend, with a new prize for removing the best piece of marine rubbish. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( [Small Article Image]( [Old fire comes back to life in Blenheim, prompting a warning from fire boss]( Despite a minor grass fire taking hold from a two-week old burn, the region's fire boss won't be placing a fire ban across Marlborough and Kaikoura just yet. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Share article on Google Plus]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](