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Read more about the article Trust marks 30 years supporting college
Principal trustee and former Waihī College principal Harry Shepherd, left, Trust chairperson Doreen McLeod, scholarship recipients Erika Serenado, Zac McKechnie, and Sean Choi, and Waihī College principal Alistair Cochrane. Photo: SUPPLIED

Trust marks 30 years supporting college

More than $1 million has been contributed to Waihī College by the Waihī Gold Mining Education Trust over the past 30 years.Chair Doreen McLeod told The Profile the trust, which…

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Read more about the article ‘Major concerns’ over mobile dentist removal
Thames school children will no longer be visited by the mobile dental van and the technicians who check students’ teeth before sending them back to the classroom. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘Major concerns’ over mobile dentist removal

Since June last year, all has been quiet on the mobile dentist front.Eight schools in and around Thames have stopped receiving visits from the dental nurses who arrived on wheels.Instead,…

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Read more about the article Community board told of ‘killer algae’
Exotic caulerpa was detected on Great Barrier Island, north of Port Jackson, and Great Mercury Island, north of Opito Bay, almost two years ago. PHOTO: SUPPLIED/MPI

Community board told of ‘killer algae’

An invasive seaweed hailing from the Indo-Pacific has been found on two islands off the shores of the Coromandel Peninsula. The seaweed, named Exotic caulerpa, was detected on Great Barrier…

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