Young Ngaruawahia boxers head to championships
Confidence is the key for two young Ngaruawahia boxers soon to represent the Wakatoo Boxing Club at the New Zealand...
Month: October 2011
School dance group puts on multicultural show
Huntly youngsters are waking up to their potential and have set out to change youth culture through the power of...
Iraqi refugee calls Auckland home for now
Forced to flee his village in northern Iraq following the Kurd rebellion in 1961, he escaped with his family to...
Radio NZ bans Wintec editor-in-residence
Wintec’s editor-in-residence Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury has been banned from a Radio New Zealand programme following comments he made during a...
Podcast with Bomber Bradbury: The RNZ banning discussed
Wintec editor-in-residence Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury talks with James Ireland about being banned from Radio New Zealand for criticising Prime Minister...
Artist covers riverbank in ping pong balls
Fluorescent ping-pong balls cascaded down grass verges as the Waikato River bank in central Hamilton was transformed this weekend. Auckland...
Cooking shunts Coro St off prime time
It's enough to curdle your milk stout. TVNZ has announced it is moving the long-running and high-rating Coronation Street from...
Woman shaves head for famine victims
When Katie Levendis, 22, first learned on the news about the millions of East Africans suffering in a famine, she...
Rookie director stages successful show
Despite suffering from a serious physical disability, 23-year-old Hamilton East woman Tegan Morris recently made her directing debut with the...
Tsunami survivor sews on
On a crisp spring morning, a Hamilton woman is at work in the clothing factory she has set up in...
Wintec journalism students report Rugby World Cup
As rain-soaked Welsh fans flooded out of Waikato Stadium on Sunday night, four Wintec journalism students were busy fighting their...