The Regional Tourism and Events Award for September goes to...

Weekender.co.nz

A magazine style leisure guide with a nice layout and some great pics. Who would have thought the "Gemfest" rock and mineral show could look so exciting. The "Event Calendar" is well laid out, functions well and, has numerous listings. It sometimes was a little hard, at first, to see which of the "event info" buttons applied to which event. Easy though, once you got the hang of it. One judge commented on the lack of email address within the event listings. Apparently phone numbers are the only means of contact. Email addresses would be helpful for those overseas who would like either to participate in or, attend these events. Since producing and updating a website of this type is no mean feat, it's refreshing to see how up-to-date all of the content is. No broken links, expired events etc. The challenge of course will be keeping it this way. The hours of hard work and thought that have gone into this site have obviously paid off. It looks great and is a joy to use.

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