Tamatea Intermediate News Today

Farmer Time for Schools has reported a successful second year connecting farmers with Kiwi students and their teachers. Student participation in the...

'They take a very difficult subject and just show so much understanding and empathy.'

In just a day and a half generous New Zealanders have already donated more than $2 million to the New Zealand Disaster Fund.
The Red Cross has paid tribute

A resident in the small settlement of Waiohiki just inland from Napier says the only reason they're alive is because a dog warned them of the impending flood.

A body has been found washed up on a Hawke’s Bay beach this evening.
Police confirmed a person was found on Bay View Beach, north of Napier, about 7.45pm.


“So I went to the doctor. We had all the tests done and a few weeks later he told me she had Friedreich’s ataxia, a disease that only a few people had in New Zealand, and that her life expectancy was about 21 years.” SUPPLIED Lindy Bennett and her “bestie”, dad Steve, about the time she was diagnosed as having Freidreich’s ataxia. Steve told Lindy she had the disease, a genetic degenerative disease that kills nerves and tightens muscles, but he didn’t mention the doctor’s prog...