by Jenny Nicholson | Jan 24, 2021 | Local News
Jeanette Booth, also retiring after 40 years, with Jesse Hook. Jo Hillerby and Jeanette Booth started their teaching careers on the same day at the same school, Tapawera Area School. And now they have retired the same day too. Students at their farewell spoke of the...
by Jo Kent | Jan 24, 2021 | Local News
A fire that broke out at Waimea College on Saturday has prompted talk of a serial arsonist after a spate of similar foliage fires were reported over the last month. The alarm was raised at 5.07pm by scaffolders working on site at the time. Flames were seen reaching...
by Jacob Page | Jan 22, 2021 | Local News
The Waimea Weekly is getting behind Brightwater’s Wanderers Sports Club as community sport gets back on its feet after a challenging 2020. The leading media company in the region has given $2500 worth of advertising as part of the club’s Business Promotion Raffle...
by Jacqui Rawson | Jan 21, 2021 | Local News
For the past 12 months, the Waimea Weekly has been providing history stories regularly and feedback from readers is to keep the stories coming. We’re keen to continue providing what our readers are keen for and we’re looking for a group of people interested in helping...
by Jacqui Rawson | Jan 18, 2021 | Local News
Engines will be running, and steam will be billowing with rides for kids of all ages, at Higgins Heritage Park in Wakefield. They’re holding their Vintage Machinery Show which demonstrates how farming equipment operated in years gone by, over the weekend of the 30th...
