October 2022 – Page 4 – The Valley Profile

Ngāti Hei has placed a rāhui over Wharekaho Simpsons Beach. PHOTO: TCDC/FACEBOOK

Rāhui placed after sperm whale dies

Post author:Staff Reporter
Post published:October 25, 2022
Post category:News

Ngāti Hei has placed a rāhui, a temporary form of tapu, over Wharekaho Simpsons Beach in the Coromandel following the death of a beached sperm whale.The rāhui will be in…

Gibbon’s sawmill, Kōpū, on the Waihōu River. From an opposite bank Elizabeth’s desperate calls for help went unheard. Photo: SUPPLIED

Exploding gun causes fatality in Thames

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:October 25, 2022
Post category:Dead Cert News

John Duncan, straddling the wild pig he’d just killed, lit his pipe with satisfaction.It had been a good Sunday morning in April, 1874, hunting with his wife Riripeti (Elizabeth) at…

Athletes and supporters of Special Olympics Thames Valley give a cheer before heading off on the torch run. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Torch run ignites excitement for games

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:October 25, 2022
Post category:News

Athletes and supporters of Thames Valley’s Special Olympics squad strutted their stuff down the main street of Paeroa as part of a torch run anticipating the national summer games. Formed…

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