A woman facing charges for shoplifting in Soul Shoes is one of Hamilton’s “most prolific offenders”, say police, who attribute her arrest to the store’s high-quality security camera system.
The woman faces a raft of shoplifting charges and has been remanded in custody until her court appearance in mid-April, says Raglan constable Gary Ryburn. Keep Reading
Xavier Fournier knows first-hand the perils of mountaineering. The Swiss mountain guide, who is living in Raglan for a year with his family and commutes to Wanaka for his work with Aspiring Guides, was the “tramper” who recently found the remains of a body on Fox Glacier. Keep Reading
Dumping fish frames at Raglan Wharf’s boat ramp is unacceptable and needs to stop, says resident Marie de Jong, who is sick of the sight of fish carcasses floating in the water.
“It’s just gross,” says the Soul Shoes owner and Silos resident, who no longer swims at the boat ramp because of it and wants council to make it an illegal practice.
Taranaki District Council hits people with an instant $400 fine for dumping fish waste and shellfish such as kina on its reserves and beaches. Keep Reading
SAMARITAN’S PURSE is a Christian International humanitarian charity of which Operation Christmas Child is a branch. Each year, shoeboxes are filled with gifts. They are collected worldwide and distributed to countries where children are in need (and often to New Zealand specific groups too). Over 100,000,000 boxes have been sent in the past 23 years. In 2015, New Zealand sent 28,000 boxes …what a wonderful record! Keep Reading
When Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaiako Regan Balzer was younger, she was part of a rangatahi group involved in activities at Te Kopua Marae in Whaingaroa, attending events like the Te Ao Mārama festival and the Proud To Be Māori hui.
Regan’s connection to this whenua is what inspired her to create and lead the mural project at this Marae DIY. Keep Reading
Coincidence can be a funny thing. Sometimes it is simply that, a coincidence, but other times you can’t help but think that there is something more at play. Keep Reading