August 2022 – Page 11 – The Valley Profile

Jared Everett, 14, has earned at least $50 from his fellow pupils after starting up a shoe polishing profession. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Student takes a shine to shoe business

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:August 9, 2022
Post category:August 2022 News

A 14-year-old student has started from the ground up to build a shoe shining enterprise within his school.Hauraki Plains College Year 10 pupil Jared Everett has been charging $2 to…

Shoppers are being warned be careful on slippery tiles outside Goldfields Mall in Thames after a man was injured. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

‘NIGHTMARE’ TILES

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:August 9, 2022
Post category:August 2022 News

A petition has been started to replace the tiles outside Thames’ shopping centre after a man passed out after slipping on them.Stuart Floan was leaving The Warehouse at Goldfields Shopping…

Waihī’s Main Street, 1899. Photo: SUPPLIED

‘Inaction’ during plague scare

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:August 4, 2022
Post category:August 2022 Features Vintage Valley News

As part of a Valley Profile series, MEGHAN HAWKES searches through old newspapers to bring you the stories Thames Valley locals once read about themselves. 1900As a bubonic plague scare…

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