September 2025 – Page 4 – The Valley Profile

Paeroa ward candidates from left: Jo Tilsley, Paul Milner, Grant Aitken, Michelle Magnus. Not pictured: Rino Wilkinson. Photo: ALICE PARMINTER

Mayoral hopefuls a no-show as election nears

Post author:Alice Parminter
Post published:September 16, 2025
Post category:News

It was a packed house at Paeroa Rugby Club for the Meet the Candidates public meeting on September 10 - except at the table on stage. At the meeting, which…

Artist Erica Soman will show her graphite botanical drawings and tissue paper artworks at Miranda Farm Gallery from September 20 to October 13. Photo: SUPPLIED

Artist finds ‘something poetic’ in new exhibit

Post author:Davidda Hikatangata
Post published:September 16, 2025
Post category:News

A step into the world of art was inevitable for Erica Soman.The creative from Thames said her hometown in the 1960s to 70s was “art-centric” and called herself lucky for…

Grant Hirst, front left, with the motorsport medical team at the Supercars rally in Pukekohe in 2022. Photo: SUPPLIED

50 years of motorsport and saving lives

Post author:Alice Parminter
Post published:September 16, 2025
Post category:News

Grant Hirst never intended to become a paramedic. The then-25-year-old had taken a day off work to see a movie, and happened to park outside a St John building in…

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