by Waimea Weekly | Mar 20, 2020 | Local News, Sport
Hundreds turned out on Sunday for the Muddy Buddy challenge fundraiser for Tasman School. The weather was perfect, and the crowd was in good form. It was Gaynor Fisher’s first time, but it won’t be her last. “This is brilliant, you can’t help trying to stay clean at...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 13, 2020 | Local News
Elaine Valk was reading the Waimea Weekly when one of the photos in an article caught her eye. She had an identical photograph in her own family album. In an article published on 4th March, Richmond Hospice shop manager Anete Smith had contacted the paper asking for...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 7, 2020 | Local News
A ‘treasure trove’ of historic photos has been discovered in a discarded photo album last week at the Richmond Hospice Shop. The small purple album was found amongst donated goods left at the door of the Gladstone Road store in Richmond about two weeks ago. Anete...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 1, 2020 | Sport
Richmond’s Reuben Bensemann has produced his biggest win on a bike by claiming the New Zealand down hill title. The 23-year-old was the most consistent rider across four rounds of racing to take the title at his first attempt. “I wanted to give it a crack and see how...
by Waimea Weekly | Feb 29, 2020 | Local News
Swarmed by sandflies and knee deep in muddy river water, Glen Tomlinson’s gold digging crew made a once in a lifetime discovery. Glenn had unearthed a gold nugget weighing in at a whopping 3.7 ounces from the Lyell River, in Buller. The find came just one day after...
