by Waimea Weekly | Aug 15, 2018 | Local News
Residents of the district have taken to social media, to vent frustration over illegal hunters. Amber Terrill recently spoke out on a Murchison Community page. She says on numerous occasions poachers have trespassed and wounded animals on her family’s property. “It’s...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 11, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Launching out of airplanes is second nature to Richmond’s 17,000 jump veteran Stu Bean, but to do so in front of a crowd of 250,000 at what is largely regarded as the world’s most famous airshow, was nothing short of “spectacular”. Oshkosh is a premier aviation event...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 11, 2018 | Local News
He’s a publisher, poet, world traveller, fluent in French, has a technical background in industrial insurance and now Richmond’s man of many talents, Peter Lynch, is producing quirky local-based videos on Facebook. “The fickle side of Facebook made me dig deeper. It’s...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 10, 2018 | Local News
This month’s Richmond Stihl Shop Good Sort $100 voucher winner is Doug South, from Wakefield.Doug has been nominated by Wakefield constable Jamie White, for the commitment and work he has put into the community over the years. “He does a massive amount of volunteer...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 10, 2018 | Local News
As students returned to Waimea College for the third term there was a noticeable void – the absence of special education student Falco Jim Gale Atkinson who passed away unexpectedly on the last day of the second term. “He was definitely a special child. Even...
