News Archives: 2008
- January 2008
- 9: Early Christmas for car winners
- 11: Speedway world mourning
- 15: QSM for long time Waipa contributor Ron Cooper
- 17: Victim Support service moves closer to home
- 22: Fire burns for three days
- 24: Sinking feeling for the Waiharakeke Bridge
- 29: No right time for outage
- 31: Fires justify bans
- February 2008
- 5: Driver considered lucky
- 8: Gales turn subdivision dustbowl into blizzard
- 12: Welcome rain eases pain
- 14: 100km Oxfam Trail Walk tribute to Toni Thomson
- 19: Courtenay’s 21st celebrated
- 21: Thieves put lives at risk
- 26: Walkers up for challenge
- 28: New unit at Waikeria to provide treatment for high risk offenders
- March 2008
- 4: Flaming heck, you can help!
- 6: First-hand chance to feel the horror of fire
- 11: One hundred years old
- 13: Top position retained (Wilksbrooke Mazda)
- 18: Serious crash team investigating fatality
- 20: Training initiative will provide springboard for youth centre
- 26: Better water in pipeline
- 28: Smashing ‘meet ‘n’ greet’
- April 2008
- 1: Bain family’s day at last
- 3: Rain welcomed - but drought not over yet
- 8: Firefighters feel loss
- 10: Wahine survivor recalls tragedy
- 15: Jonny Reid gives shirt off back to help Plunket
- 17: Sisters’ Trailwalk triumph
- 22: Memorial Park gets upgrade for Anzac Day Dawn Service
- 24: Young girl badly injured by car mounting footpath
- 29: ANZAC service to remember
- May 2008
- 1: All Black great puts weight behind Pirongia aspirations
- 6: Injured girl’s family want answers about crash
- 8: Finns playing Gracelands
- 13: Railway talk popular
- 15: Scorching effort from firefighters
- 20: Four hundred in one day
- 22: Heartfelt ‘hints’ for Council
- 27: Kiwis won’t be ‘saying cheese’ to budget: MP
- 29: ‘Scarey’ welcome to Te Awamutu
- June 2008
- 3: All not sweet in honey industry
- 5: NZ honours for our own
- 10: Injured man thought he was saving his brother
- 12: Steering wheel stops projectile’s progress
- 17: Waipa flies flag at Fieldays
- 19: Trucks could be banned from CBD during ‘business hours’
- 24: ‘Lights on Bikes’ a vital winter safety message
- 26: Have your say on plans for our town centre!
- July 2008
- 1: Lightning strike too close for comfort
- 3: Pride in restored engine shines
- 8: One kilo kiwi on his way
- 10: Truck ban could increase street safety concerns
- 15: Red Bins best in Waipa
- 17: Teacher serves as fire fighter
- 22: Still fighting for right to choose
- 24: Charity store becomes dumping ground
- 29: Dream never over: Finn brothers in Te Awamutu
- 31: Driving towards a future
- August 2008
- 5: Genetics unkind to Amy
- 7: Flood protection working well
- 12: Trucks to remain in CBD
- 14: Kaye helps children grow with 'work' at Playcentre
- 19: Waipa girls golden again
- 21: Superb facility on school 'menu'
- 26: Olympic ideals upheld at Puahue
- 28: Fired up to serve community
- September 2008
- 2: Olympian and engineer new to Walk of Fame
- 4: Precious time cherished
- 9: Paralympian lights flame for Emily
- 11: Watoto choir wows crowd
- 16: Knock out idea for sports trust
- 18: AVEX taking off
- 23: Tribute to George Warburton
- 24: Mint Maori jewellery
- 30: Helping each other vital
- October 2008
- 2: Fatal crash closes main line
- 7: Wananga ready for next 25 years
- 9: Tertiary musicians get the blues too
- 14: Generosity rewarded
- 16: Sobering message for students
- 21: Setback for Harold
- 23: Six decades of brass
- 28: Blind persistence pays off
- 30: Never too young for opera