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Waimea hires new principal
Waimea College has appoint- leged to be offered the role and ed current Motueka High he is looking forward to workSchool principal, Scott Haines, ing with the students, staff, to replace long-serving princi- board and community. As a pal Larry Ching who left the former pupil of the college, Scott says he already has an school at the end of last year. understanding of the Scott was appointed school’s culture and this week after the Waimea College community. “I went to Waimea Board of Trustees College, my brother undertook a nationwide search for a and parents went to new principal earlier Waimea College and this year. Board chair Scott Haines I met my wife Kelly there, so I already Garry Hammond says they’re excited to have Scott, have a strong connection with who attended Waimea Col- the school. I remember thinking, at my first day at Teacher’s lege, join their staff. “Scott brings a wealth of ex- College, that I’d eventually like perience in teaching, leader- to be a principal of a school ship and across a wider spec- and the school I thought of trum of skills,” Garry says. was Waimea College.” “His personal attributes are Scott says he is looking forwell acknowledged in the Mo- ward to being part of a tueka community as well as high-performing school like throughout the national edu- Waimea, that has an excellent cation sector.” SEE PAGE 2 Scott says he feels very privi-
The Taylor brothers, from left, Charlie, Arthur and Matt, get down to business on the scrum machine before playing for Wanderers against Renwick at Brightwater. Photo: Barry Whitnall/Shuttersport.
Taylors prop up Wanderers Taylors Contracting was the driving force behind Wanderers rugby in more ways than one when the senior team played Renwick in their round eight Tasman Trophy rugby game earlier this month. The Brightwater-based civil engineering contractors have been the major sponsor of Wanderers for the last six years and a club sponsor for at least 15 years. The company’s chief executive, Charlie Taylor, is also a big hands-on contributor helping out on the sideline at all the senior team’s train-
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ings and games. But Taylors Contracting’s involvement in Wanderers rugby escalated on May 16 when Charlie, 47, and his brothers Matt, 43, who also works at Taylors, and Arthur, 46, took the field to make up an all Taylors front row in the second half against Renwick. It was the first time all three brothers had played in the same team and for
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Matt and Arthur the first time they had taken the field in decades. Charlie, who came out of a 25-year retirement to play 10 minutes for the seniors against Renwick last season, says he expected his second senior game in quarter of a century to be hard and he wasn’t disappointed. “You don’t get many scrums in rugby these days but we had three or four in 10 minutes. The Renwick forwards were quite big and
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