Shouts of 'move' as car crashes into hair salon
A hairdresser’s first thoughts after a car smashed into the salon were of ‘my son’s nana’ - the salon owner who’d been right in its path.
Hannah was about to mix hair colours for a client when she heard a smash outside Elizabeth Georg Hair Design in Dinsdale, Hamilton.
Have you been past the old theatre lately?
It was a spectacle that would have thrilled anyone’s inner three-year-old.
And, on Tuesday afternoon, some actual three and two-year-olds were lucky enough to be among those looking on as a pair of gigantic orange demolition excavators tore into the northern wall of Hamilton’s Founders Theatre in the manner of ravenous monsters.
Are there roads you don't like to drive on in the Waikato?
Once a year Jeff Penno removes drawing pins from a wall map pinpointing serious and fatal crashes his crews have attended, and starts again.
It’s a poignant reminder that not all our roads are up to the standard of the Waikato Expressway - which is so safe the Waikato road policing manager doesn’t need to deploy his team there regularly.
Matariki
Mānawatia a Matariki ki a koutou katoa 🌟
Enjoy this time with your whānau, sharing kai and reflecting on the year that has been and setting aspirations for the year to come.