Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Race Day in Richmond
Richmond turned on a stunning two days for the Nelson Harness Races on Friday and sunday. Main photo: The view from the back of the main grandstand at Richmond park. from left: Driver samantha Ottley with Kaikōura trainer Bob (Rocky) Rochford after a successful race. Happy days at the races. Local trainer Kevin Musso with wife Deb cleaning their horse before a big race. Photos: Evan Barnes and Chris Symes/Shuttersport.
Family loses all in blaze
Jenny Nicholson
A house fire in the Lake Rotoroa village has left a family of nine with just the clothes on their back and the bikes some had been riding when the blaze broke out.
Just six weeks after shifting into their house, the family has lost all their belongings. The only thing to survive was their van which someone pushed out of the driveway. Robert and Rebecca Ifopo bought
the home just over three years ago. At the time they were living in a house attached to the church that Robert was pastoring at. The house at the lake was used for a retreat for those needing a break from the stresses of life, at no
charge to those who stayed there. Now the generosity of the family is being returned with local communities rallying around and donations being dropped off from Wakefield, Tapawera, Lake Rotoiti and Murchison.
“It was good to have a change of clothes,” says Robert. “Rebecca and the children were helping in the wool shed and only had the clothes on their backs.”
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