by admin | May 7, 2020 | Local News
While rubbish and recycling will continue to be collected as normal through during alert level 3, the Tasman District Council has confirmed that some recycling that is collected will continue to go to landfill rather than being recycled, due to the ongoing closure of...
by admin | May 6, 2020 | Local News
Games of hide and seek, choreographing dances, listening to audiobooks and making online blogs. School is looking a little bit different these days for students of Hope School, which currently has all of five students attending. Brody Matthews, 10 years old, was the...
by admin | May 4, 2020 | Local News
Waimea Water and its contractors have recommenced construction on the Waimea Community Dam, when the country moved back into Alert Level 3, and the project may see a much-needed boost in government funding. Waimea Water CEO Mike Scott says the project’s main...
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Local News
Long lines, toilet paper shortages – supermarkets were packed in the days before New Zealand moved into Alert Level 4. While people across the region were stocking up, businesses around the region were doing the opposite. Cafes and restaurants in the Tasman and...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 30, 2020 | Local News
To our readers and advertisers, The Waimea Weekly community newspaper has been asked by the government not to publish over this period of lockdown. It is therefore with regret that we tell our readers and advertisers that, like many other businesses in New Zealand, we...
by Waimea Weekly | Mar 27, 2020 | Local News
On Monday afternoon Prime Minister Jacinda Arden announced that the country would move into full lockdown on Wednesday at 11:59 pm. New Zealand’s alert level rose to three on Monday afternoon, giving New Zealander’s 48 hours to prepare for level four. The country will...
