Bateup Road reopened to traffic

Bateup Road reopened to traffic

Bruno Saia Bateup Road was fully reopened last Friday afternoon and people who live in the area are already been able to feel the changes. “It was irritating”. That’s how Nistazia Paulin felt about the 15 months that Bateup Road stayed partially closed. Her whole...
Bruno and Susan: new Waimea Weekly editorial staff

Bruno and Susan: new Waimea Weekly editorial staff

Bruno Saia is a Brazilian journalist who came to New Zealand in search of a new lifestyle and that’s what he has found at the Waimea Weekly newspaper. “I am doing what I am experienced in and what I love to do”, he says. He studied journalism in Brazil and his career...
Overcoming our screen obsession

Overcoming our screen obsession

Matt McCrorie. An international documentary film is making its way to Waimea College this week. In the film ‘Screenagers’ teens can’t resist their smartphones, and parents don’t know what to do. Sound familiar? It was to Lauren Lesser, a member of the PTA. When seeing...