by Waimea Weekly | Oct 31, 2018 | Local News
As this region copped the wrath of two cyclones earlier this year, many businesses closed their doors and sent their staff home to hunker down and ride it out. Not the team at Higgins Concrete Richmond. Instead, with the immediate threat of rising flood waters, they...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 31, 2018 | Sport
Blake and Raiden Hearne at the speedway’s ‘Shine and Show’ day, held on Saturday, October 20. The display was part of the Speedway’s 50th birthday celebrations at Lansdowne Rd. Around 20 historic cars were on display alongside a variety of speedway vehicles...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 28, 2018 | Sport
With golf clubs in tow, 112 women from Whangaparaoa to Dunedin and everywhere in between, flocked to Richmond last week for the Greenacres Golf Club’s inaugural 3-day women’s golf tournament. “It was very successful. Everyone was so impressed with the region and the...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 28, 2018 | Local News
They’re a little bit hotel, a little bit glamping and a little bit traditional Kiwi camping, all done with luxury and comfort in mind, and now the Rabbit Island Huts have been shortlisted in the Unique category for Bookabach’s national awards. “It’s really exciting,...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 27, 2018 | Local News
Richmond’s Town Hall was “pumping” on Saturday, October 6, for the ‘One Night Only’ concert that raised more than $2000 for the Blood Cancer and Leukaemia Foundations. “We had virtually a capacity audience and we’re still getting emails and texts from audience members...
