by Waimea Weekly | Aug 18, 2018 | Local News
The region’s Celtic Pipe Band is headed overseas in 2019 to make their mark on Scotland at the World Pipe Band Championships. With two days of competition, the World Pipe Band Championships (affectionately known as The World’s) will be showcasing the incredible talent...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 18, 2018 | Local News, Sport
The Tasman Drone Racing club has been flying out at Appleby since last year. Ben Henry, chapter manager and one of the founding members of the club, started building his own drone in 2017, after watching clips on YouTube, “you can basically build one yourself. If you...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 17, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Sam Gale will be representing Cycling New Zealand on the world stage at the 2018 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Mountainbike World Championship, in Lenzerheide Switzerland, in September. After achieving good results at the Mountainbike Under 19 World Cup circuit,...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 17, 2018 | Local News
Witnessing first-hand the plight of women in the Indian city of Thane, Richmond’s Sandra Johnson was compelled to do something about it. The city of around two million remains a slum town largely controlled by the mafia who ensure the people remain impoverished to...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 16, 2018 | Local News
Reiki, reflexology, chakra balancing and astrology are among the stalls and workshops being showcased at the first Spiritual Connections Expo on Sunday, August 19. Sirian and Adriel, known simply by their first names and who are two of the organisers of the event,...
by Waimea Weekly | Aug 16, 2018 | Local News
The Tasman District Council will continue to work on options for closing a funding gap of $26 million for the Waimea Community Dam, after receiving an update on the project at its meeting on Thursday, August 9. Chief Executive Janine Dowding outlined progress on the...
