Taupō district youngsters have put their thinking caps on and produced creative designs for this year’s ‘design your own helmet’ competition. Road safety co-ordinator Sarah Wraight said there were 324 entries from “some very talented tamariki” representing about 20 schools. Choosing the five winning entries for the Taupō District Council competition was tough, but the Read more
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Pompallier College students win short film contest
Monday, September 20th, 2021Draped in a superman costume, a Pompallier Catholic College student has won a grand prize of many laughs and $3000 in a road safety short film competition. Northland Road Safety Trust (NRST) in partnership with Students Against Dangerous Driving (SADD) introduced the “Drive in the Moment” road safety initiative to secondary schools in Whangārei and Read more
Peter’s College students make film to honour friend
Friday, August 12th, 2016
In January, St Peter’s College student Robbie Taylor, died after the car he was travelling in crashed into a tree on Ian McKinnon Drive, in Eden Terrace. Now, some Peter’s College students make film to honour friend. Three of his closest friends, James Sutherland-Cameron, Oliver van Lent and Ned Drumm, have spent a month putting Read more
Our Lady of the Highway restored
Friday, August 21st, 2015
A statue of Our Lady believers say has slashed the number of deaths on a Northland road has been restored and returned to its place overlooking the once accident-plagued highway. For more than 20 years, Our Lady of the Highway – known to locals as Matou Whaea (Our Lady) – has looked out over State Read more
Priest, 13 others, killed after bus plunges into ravine
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Fourteen people, including a priest, have been killed in a bus crash while travelling home from a religious event in Spain. The incident, which saw a bus plunge down a ravine in Murcia in southern Spain, was the worst such accident in the country for 13 years, officials said. The bus was carrying passengers to Read more