Future All Blacks
March 28th, 2010
Last Saturday morning I went to Anderson Park amd watched my grandson Kalani begin his rugby career! Andy and Reece Barham along with George and Sarah Massingham, organise under 5 year olds, called Mighty Rippas, to begin learning rugby skills. It was great to watch boys and a hand full of girls, along with their parents, [...]
Lucknow School Community Picnic
March 26th, 2010
Thursday 25 March, Lucknow school hosted a picnic at Anderson Park. It was a beautiful afternoon and many parents enjoyed spending time with their children in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Last year, I gather, the weather was so bad, the picnic was called off. Such picnics are organised to foster community spirit when people [...]
New Sponsor for the Regional Sports Park
March 12th, 2010
Yesterday, a new sponsor was announced for the Sports Park, the Higgins Group Holdings, are to give $500,000 towards the roading on the outside and inside of the Sports Park. Inside the park, the main road at the complex would be called the “Higgins Boulevard”. The Higgins company are to be forming the roads, carparks [...]
Earthqake in Chile
March 2nd, 2010
Our Rotary student, Beto had a very traumatic morning last Sunday. He was woken with the news that Chile had suffered a 8.8 earthquake. He managed to contact the Chilean Embassy in Wellington, who told him his city Ranagcua, had been devastated, and there was no contact in or out of the city. It was [...]