Kaitawhiti Kereopa has been selected to represent Aotearoa in the Open Tane team at the 2025 IVF Waka Ama World Distance Championships to be held in Brazil this August. A regular over the last couple of years in the J19 team he has made the step up to the full adult team while still being eligible for the age group team - meaning he will be competing in both teams in Brazil.
Kai’s family say their house has been buzzing with excitement and anticipation over the last few days and they’re expressing their gratitude for all the friends and whanau who have backed him over the years.
In other sports the Raglan Roosters are on the field again this Sunday playing Hamilton Masters at 11am at Dominion Park.
This return to the Division One league round comes on the back of a comfortable 5 nil victory over the POTFC Seniors team last weekend, in the first round of the Scottish Cup knockout competition. Bjorn, Brynn, Rodri, Felipe and Seabass were amongst the goals with Bjorn declaring that Raglan Community Radio DJ Justin was his player of the match in defence.
Waikato Regional Council says that the new local government water services bill actually undermine the work they have been doing to improve water quality.
WRC Committee chair Warren Maher said the council has been systematically strengthening the limits of resource consents over time to improve water quality across the region and that their standards are now stricter than the government’s proposed standards.
The council also condemned the proposal to grant new resource consents for a 35 year time frame which they say will limit their ability to adapt to future changes in the environment, community needs and technology.
The Waikato Region is already under the spotlight with the LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa) website showing that our waterways are often unfit for swimming and that all of their most recent tests have come back with either a “caution advised” or “unsuitable for swimming” classification.
Surfers, Tangata Whenua and Ocean Peoples from all walks of life came out last weekend in Opunake to express their love of the ocean and their opposition to destructive seabed mining.
After 20 years of successfully keeping seabed mining at bay in Aotearoa through proper government processes the protest was held to say enough is enough! To the government’s attempt to get seabed mining approved via fast track laws.
Local Phil McCabe who was at protest hinted at more to come saying “Stay tuned... this isn't over” on a recent social media post.
And Raglan’s annual Pumpkin festival is being held at the bowling club this Sunday at 10am. If you’ve got a very big, or very small or very strange pumpkin get your entry in before 10am. They’re also looking for the biggest Feijoa and Choko, plus Pumpkin art and pumpkin and choko baking.