by admin | Mar 30, 2019 | Local News
For the past six years, Waimea Soroptimists have been giving an education grant to a local woman over the age of 25 who is studying at a tertiary institute. The Soroptimist International of Waimea Education Grant has been made annually since 2013. The grant is a sum...
by admin | Mar 30, 2019 | Local News
Last week, Waimea College students created a “peace chain” in a move of solidarity with the people of Christchurch, including the students of its partner schools, Papanui High School and Cashmere High School. Two of Waimea’s head students, Bronte Hall and...
by admin | Mar 29, 2019 | Local News
Local businesses are getting behind a silent auction that is being held as part of the forest fire concert on April 13. Some of the items donated so far include Richmond Mall vouchers worth $2500, a week’s campervan use provided by Discover New Zealand Motorhome...
by admin | Mar 28, 2019 | Local News
The first time Jim Carter heard the sound of a steel guitar he knew it was the instrument for him. “There was just something about it,” the Richmond man who turns 100 this week says, “there’s nothing like it.” Jim was only 17 years old at the time and he loved...
by admin | Mar 27, 2019 | Local News
Tasman Mayor Richard Kempthorne has announced he will not be seeking re-election for a fifth term in this year’s local body elections. Richard and his wife Jane announced together that he would be stepping down from his role as Mayor after this year’s election,...
