Cantab help still in retreat
The funding shortfall that threatens to stop the Tamahere wellness retreat, The Monastery, from continuing to help earthquake-frazzled Christchurch residents back to health is again in the news. The...
View ArticleGreat ride, great cause
Derek Houghton will be at Saturday's Tamahere Market to raise awareness of cot death and the fundraising Great Australian Ride. Taking place from August 18, the Great Ride will involve 12 intrepid...
View ArticleStand up for Waikato
Nominations are open for candidates to stand for election to the Waikato district and regional councils, and the Waikato District Health Board. One of the most important ways to take part in the...
View ArticleArt to guide you home
Symbolist artist Santie Cronje English is the featured artist at Inspirit Gallery during August. The sought after Cronje English is exhibiting a new collection of her original paintings and limited...
View ArticleThree challenge mayor
Three men have stepped forward to challenge incumbent Allan Sanson for the Waikato District mayoralty. Newcastle ward councillor Noel Smith has announced his bid for the mayoral chains and will be...
View ArticleBean me up
I like to cook. Chopping and stirring, measuring and mixing give me great pleasure. Such things provide an oasis of calm in a hectic day. In an unpredictable world they give me a sense of control. I...
View ArticleNursery work vital
The Tamahere Plant Nursery can still offer a few plants to those revegetating their properties but stocks are running low. That makes the regular monthly working bee this Sunday, August 4, doubly...
View ArticleLentil does it
Since becoming a total vegetarian 19 months ago I’ve found that vegetarians often lay low. But volunteer that you are a vego and suddenly others of your acquaintance 'fess up. Or are most of the time....
View ArticleWaikato put in focus
The Waikato district’s performance, projects and future focus is summarised in a report out today in time for October's local body elections. The aim is to provide politically independent information...
View ArticleFluoride say work in progress
It's not certain how Waikato district householders connected to Hamilton city’s water supply will get a say on the contentious issue of fluoridation but they will get a say. Last month, Waikato...
View ArticleChance to learn handy skills
Rural Women NZ's Tamahere branch is providing a couple of chances for women to develop some new skills. Next Sunday, August 11 at 10am there will be a fruit tree pruning session in Tauwhare Rd. On...
View ArticleTwo-a-day tui
Dynes Fulton sent this splendid picture of a gaggle of tui helping themselves to breakfast outside his kitchen window. The Waikato District Council deputy mayor says his wife bought the bird feeder...
View ArticleMarket haven for quirky fashion
Quirky fashions will be one of the many attractions at Saturday's Tamahere Market. Clever and entrepreneurial designers take vintage items and create must-have warm woollens, bright, comfortable skirts...
View ArticleMuffin break
Have you ever had one those moments when the scales literally fall from your eyes? An ‘oh my god’ moment when you get gob stopping clarity? My OMG moment came when in the midst of a book it dawned on...
View ArticleHayes back, 5 race for mayor
Waikato District Council's Tamahere ward councillor, Wally Hayes, has again been elected unopposed to the role he's held for six years. First elected in 2007, Hayes was also unopposed at the last...
View ArticleManor’s last chance to move
Tamahere's historic Mellow Manor may have secured an eleventh-hour reprieve with a couple expressing an interest in buying and relocating the building. The NZ Transport Agency sought urgent talks with...
View ArticleSuper shot at trivia crown
The rare chance to become a superhero or dastardly villain and slay one and all with a mastery of trivia is on again this Friday. Tamahere School's annual quiz night, organised by the school's PTA, is...
View ArticleManor’s time runs out
Work to dismantle Tamahere's historic Mellow Manor will start today after efforts to relocate the building failed. NZ Transport Agency had been in urgent discussions with a couple who proposed moving...
View ArticleOut of Ethiopia
Today I received the astonishing news that I’m descended from a woman born 25,000 years ago on the eastern edge of the Black Sea. This is science not science fiction but so “out there” I am still...
View ArticleHe’s got the prostate blues
Local blues musician Darcy Perry is getting behind prostate cancer awareness campaign Blue September with every track he’s ever recorded. His career as a blues artist began 11 years ago with the...
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