April 2022 – Page 8 – The Valley Profile

Waihī College principal Alistair Cochrane wants to welcome his students back to school, after Covid-19 anxiety has kept many of them at home. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

‘School is safe, not a super spreader’

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:April 2022

It’s not the high school that is the Covid-19 “super spreader” - it’s the weekend, a Hauraki principal has found, and he fears the students electing to stay home are…

Diane Adams, left, Jane Lea, Anne Thorneycroft, and Maria Hilton are four of the Thames WomenzShed’s 13 members. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Building projects and confidence at WomenzShed

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:April 2022

Women who had the tools but not the opportunity have been able to learn how to make and craft items from the blokes at Thames MenzShed - and perhaps impart…

Alison O’Callaghan recently hiked The Pinnacles track as part of her training to walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing to raise funds for Wendy Fergusson Photo: SUPPLIED

Fundraising walk ‘all for Wendy’

Post author:Gordon Preece
Post published:April 13, 2022
Post category:April 2022 Sport

Waerenga woman Alison O’Callaghan plans to walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing to raise funds for Waihī lung cancer patient Wendy Fergusson.Alison said she’d never met Wendy but wanted to do…

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