by Waimea Weekly | Jul 28, 2018 | Local News
Richmond woman Aleisha Hart bravely embarked into unchartered territory last September when she was implanted with an embryo on a surrogacy journey for two Auckland men. “There’s always been something inside of me interested in these things,” says Aleisha. Answering a...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 28, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Louise Kelly recently spent six months overseas, two months in Scotland and four months in Budapest, at an Olympic training centre and competing in the junior European circuit. The 20-year-old brown belt has been training in Judo for nine years and has an impressive...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 27, 2018 | Local News
Richmond women are joining their counterparts of the Nelson Bays Harmony this weekend in Nelson to enjoy tutelage by one of the world’s best a cappella singing coaches. Virginia Humphrey-Taylor is coming to do what she does best; pass on her passion for a capella,...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 27, 2018 | Local News
Queen of reality television Dame Julie Christie will reconnect with her fellow Coasters at Club Waimea on August 12, when she’ll be hosted as a guest speaker. “We’re thrilled to have her this year,” say organisers of the annual ex-West Coast get-togethers, Shona...
by Waimea Weekly | Jul 26, 2018 | Local News
Oakwood resident Wayne Grieg is no stranger to scale model building. It has been more than 45 years since he first started building his impressive 7m x 3m, split-level model railway, complete with working televisions. However, in 2003, after a trip to Norfolk Island,...