by Waimea Weekly | Aug 4, 2018 | Local News
The Commercial Hotel has a history that goes back longer than the township has been called Murchison. According to Murchison Museum archives, in 1873 Thomas Kerr built the first Commercial Hotel in Hampden (renamed Murchison in 1882, as there were three Hampdens in...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 3, 2018 | Local News
Owen River Lodge has been selected as a finalist in the 2018 New Zealand Tourism Awards, the $36 billion-dollar tourism industry’s most prestigious awards. The five-star fly fishing lodge borders the Kahurangi National Park and is a mecca for brown trout with 29...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 3, 2018 | Local News
Rural Women St Arnaud are a sensational group of eleven women who are committed to helping their local and wider community in various ways. This year alone they have managed to raise and donate over $6000 for local organisations, including Nelson Tasman Hospice,...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 2, 2018 | Local News
Frank Witowski began designing, by his account, the first carbon fibre e-bike cruiser, 14 months ago while in his Richmond home. “I had thought ‘lets get an e-bike’ but they were really expensive and I couldn’t find what I wanted. So I thought I could design an e-bike...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 2, 2018 | Local News
Living on the other side of the globe hasn’t prevented Lucy Lithgow from coming to the aid of her father who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. “My way of helping is raising funds for research because that goes worldwide for progressive medication,” says Lucy. On...
