Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Tim coasts to mayoralty MAX FRETHEY
Local Democracy Reporter
Tim King will be re-elected mayor with a decisive lead of over 9,000 votes according to preliminary results.
As of Monday, Tim won almost 11,950 votes while his nearest competitors Mike Harvey and Maxwell Clark sat on 2,882 and 2,647 respectively. Aly Cook wasn’t far behind with 2,178 votes while Richard Os-
maston, who also ran for mayor in five other districts (Buller, Grey, Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland), scored only 234 votes. Tim was on the golf course when he heard of his success. “I wasn’t playing that well, so it was nice
to get the news and it was really good to get such a solid result,” he said. “I really appreciate all the support.” He added it has been a challenging three years and he doesn’t expect the next three years to be
any easier. “Obviously it would be nice to not have the disruptions of Covid, but there are definitely some challenges ahead of us,” he said.
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Coffee machine gets brew-tifully restored JO KENT What’s thought to be the world’s oldest working coffee machine is still going strong at Willow Bank Heritage Village in Wakefield. Back in 2017, guardian of the site, Christine Grieder, won an auction of a car boot full of items, one of which was a delapidated coffee machine dating back to 1907. “I wasn’t sure if we would ever get it to work, but Sublime Coffee Machine Repairs got it going and we’ve used it for several years.” After finding a historical advert for the coffee machine online, Christine realised it was actually 115-years-old and manufactured in England. “We think it might be the only one which is still in working condition in the world, certainly in the Southern Hemisphere, that’s for sure.” There are some others listed on the internet, but they belong to collectors and are not being used in this way. When maintenance engineer for Kernohan Engineering, Isaac Hayes, saw the machine, he convinced Christine to get a full restoration done to bring it back to its former glory. “The machine was functional, but it had never
Guardian for Willow Bank Heritage Village Christine Grieder says she had no idea the coffee machine was so rare. Photo: Jo Kent.
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