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Nick D'Evereux, Sales Manager from Bowater Honda in his Jazzercise getup - this is not the new official work uniform!

We are very excited about the new generation Honda Jazz we now have down at Bowater Honda. So excited we want to make a song and dance about it!

The new Honda Jazz is quite simply JAZZ AS!

It is also nimble, quick and quite the stunner.
When we first learnt about this nippy little urban get-around coming to our new dealership earlier in the year we came up with the concept to run a Jazzercise class whilst offering demo drives on a Saturday the weekend after we "officially" launched this great new model.


Easy they said.

So now we are here. The official launch for the Honda Jazz is Thursday 24th July. That in itself is going to be an awesome event.

We have organised the knowledgeable folks out at the ASB Aquatic and Fitness Centre to come along and run a class for us, right in the showroom.

It is going to be heaps of fun, so pull out your old lycra, drink half a dozen energy drinks, and come down for a great morning on Saturday 26th July at Bowater Honda's new showroom at 82 Achilles Ave.


The Light Nelson event is always a fantastic family entertainment must do for everyone during the annual Nelson Winter Music Festival. It is without question a stunning collaborative effort - and this year you have even more reason to go along.

Bowater Honda have joined forces with #GigatownNelson and come up with a great competition that will not only be a little bit fun, but also helps with the #GigatownNsn project to win ultrafast Broadband for the Top of the South.

All you have to do is take a selfie (a picture on your smartphone of you at the Light Nelson event) and upload it to the Gigatown Nelson facebook page. Gigatown Nelson will promote all of the photos uploaded and the top three most voted on photos will all receive prizes from Bowater Honda.

1st Prize - Loan of a demo Honda vehicle for a weekend, model and time of your choice, plus a tank of petrol
2nd Prize - Full car groom for your car
3rd Prize - Honda umbrella and hat

Taking a selfie is easy. Just take a look at one we prepared earlier! Keep reading this article for step by step instructions further down.



Free Parking Extended until 19th October! Bowater Honda Sales Manager Nick D'Evereux with Chris Bowater and Cathy Madigan from Uniquely Nelson.

Bowater Honda is proud to be helping to bring free parking to central Nelson this winter.

We have been a long term partner to Uniquely Nelson over the past 3 years this campaign has run. This year it has got a bit of a shakeup.  A 12 week trial of Free Parking every day in Nelson’s central business district is underway and if the number of cars in the CBD over the past few days is any indication, it's a big success already!

We recently handed over the keys to a new Honda City to be used to promote this wonderful initiative around the streets of Nelson this winter.

The trial period was initially set to run from 1 July until 30 September 2014, but due to the success it has been extended until the end of the school holidays on 19th October. Here are some other things you may need to know.
 Brook Waimarama Sanctuary critters are popping up all over the place!
As the school holidays kick off on today, the Brook Sanctuary has launched its “Wildlife Quest”, an activity based competition for kids of all ages that runs until 31 July. Winners will be drawn at the Sanctuary’s Celebration Event which will be held at Founder’s Park Energy Centre on Saturday 2 August from 1-4pm and you must be present to win. As you can guess Bowater Honda is one of the businesses that has a panel on display.



