by Waimea Weekly | May 5, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Already fatigued and with cramp setting in, the Waimea Adventure racing team of year-13 students, Maggie McLean, Cameron Jones, Mac Karalus and Luke Born dug deep on the home straight to emerge winners of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Adventure Race held in Hawkes...
by Waimea Weekly | May 4, 2018 | Local News
Tasman District Council’s new CEO will begin work on May, 28. Since the current CEO Lindsay McKenzie announced his retirement last year the Council has undertaken a wide search for a replacement. Janine Dowding has been selected to lead the Council. Living locally,...
by Waimea Weekly | May 3, 2018 | Local News
The ‘Casting for Recovery’ programme was on over the weekend providing pampering, healing and therapy. The event has been running in New Zealand since 2012 and Owen River Lodge has been a key part of it since the beginning. The mission of ‘Casting for Recovery’ (CFR)...
by Waimea Weekly | May 3, 2018 | Local News
Being a step-parent isn’t easy at times and 30 year old Brightwater-raised comedian Ben ‘Tito’ Caldwell knows that all too well. His wife had three adopted kids when they first met, all of them have special needs. To complicate things further, they added another two...
by Waimea Weekly | May 2, 2018 | Local News
Richmond’s Hart family never gave up hope, even as they entered into day ten of the search for their beloved family pet, Pip, the 9-year black Labrador. Their determination combined with Pip’s resilience saw a happy, albeit dramatic, home-coming after Pip survived a...
