Covid-19: Flood-affected residents enjoy 4 hours, 59 mins of freedom before lockdown

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Marlborough Express Banner]( 20 August 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Marlborough Express stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19: Flood-affected residents enjoy 4 hours, 59 mins of freedom before lockdown]( “Who have the Upper Waihopai residents been pissing off?”: Cut off for a month to the day, their Bailey bridge opened at 7pm on Tuesday. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Tunnels and tanks: Former rugby referee Dave Bishop reflects on 50-year career]( He might be best known for that moment in the tunnel in 1991, but a trip to Romania five years earlier sticks in the memory too. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: Four-day school camp cut short after one as lockdown announced]( Fifty-five pupils left Waikawa Bay School at 9am on Tuesday morning. Twelve hours later, they were back where they started. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Kindy turns the taps on for the environment]( Children's letters to council prompt the installation of water to a local park. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Marlburians pointed to colleges questionnaire as Covid outbreak postpones hui]( A community hui to share information on the relocation of Blenheim’s colleges has been postponed due to alert level 4 restrictions. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Home alone with nothing to do? Paint your windows]( It started with a bear. But this lockdown, Gavin Smith is looking elsewhere for his creature comforts. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Waihopai Valley residents cut off again as makeshift bridge submerged]( Justine Boone had started parking her car on the other side of the river after the July flood. And it has paid off. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [The 1 per cent: Marlborough Lines cuts power to 400 properties during national outage]( Sounds residents targeted as Marlborough Lines told to reduce demand by 1 per cent as temperatures dropped. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Cut-off Waihopai Valley residents surprise bridge workers with morning tea]( “We wanted to thank them for the hard work they have been doing ... They were working in the snow during the weekend.” [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Naval Reserve member stays the course on the high seas]( Joining the Naval Volunteer Reserve has provided a lifetime of memories for a Picton man with a love of the sea. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( 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](