by Waimea Weekly | Feb 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Locals came together over the weekend to celebrate the range of diverse flavours and cultures in our district, thanks to the 2020 Asian Food Fair. The event, in its fourth year now, saw thousands from across the district turn up to taste a variety of traditional Asian...
by admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Matt McCrorie It’s offical, Richmond is New Zealand’s sunniest town. Richmond has taken the crown for the most sunshine hours in 2019, coming in with a recorded total of 2859. According to a climate summary issued by NIWA, 2019 was the 4th warmest year on record in...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s getting hotter and hotter as we move towards the end of January, and Fire and Emergency say that the fire risk is quickly increasing, with a total fire ban taking effect this week. Principal rural fire officer Ian Reade says, “We’re going into a period of extreme...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Matt McCrorie Marty Price always wanted to be a cop. He practically grew up in a police station. “In a good way,” he assures me. Marty’s mum worked in a police station for 23 years when he was growing up, and he said that it gave him the chance to see firsthand the...
by editor | Oct 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
History learning with lots of fun is what children and adults will be able to enjoy on Saturday and Sunday, 5 and 6 October, at the Higgins Heritage Park, at Pigeon Valley. The ‘Transport Show’ will be from 10am to 4pm and the visitors will check out all sorts of...
by editor | Sep 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Alex Hinchliffe is a 14-year old local musician whose dream is playing at the Trinity College of London Rock & Pop exams. For that he needs money. That’s why he decided to start busking in Richmond. But he has a problem! “I started playing guitar when I was 11...
