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Wednesday 27 July 2022
King stands for re-election ANDREW BOARD Tasman mayor Tim King will stand at this year’s local body election, he has confirmed to Waimea Weekly. It comes as the first challengers for his job emerge, including former real estate agent Mike Har-
vey and St Arnaud farmer Richard Osmaston. Tim says his first term as mayor has been “phenomenally tricky” with the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s Three Waters proposal and cost overruns on the Waimea Community Dam. But he says the support he has had
from the community has convinced him to run again. “I don’t think I could have picked a more difficult term to be mayor but I’ve been bloody lucky with the support I’ve had from this group of councillors and the community, it’s been great. “There will be challenges this
[next] term, hopefully different challenges but jeez, you never know.” Tim had 12 years as deputy mayor before being elected to the mayoralty in 2019. He says he’s never been much of a campaigner and said there wouldn’t be much of one this year either.
“I enjoy governance, I don’t really enjoy politics or campaigning,” he says. “I’ve also done this a long time so I don’t think I’m change people’s minds in the next six weeks [before the election] on whether
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Hip hop sisters qualify for worlds JENNY NICHOLSON Hip hop dancers Zariyah and Shylah Andrews have qualified for the world championships after winning the Junior Duo division at Hip Hop Unite in Wellington recently. If they get to perform at the world’s in Portugal later this year, it won’t be their first international competition. In 2019 they placed 4th out of 65 duos in their age group. Zariyah’s dance career started as a preschooler when her mother Nicole took her to ballet. “The other dancers were all so graceful, and I was the elephant that came in behind them,” she says. Nicole realised Zariyah might be more suited to another type of dance and moved her to hip hop. From the start, the girls were dedicated to practicing routines. Nicole videoed their classes and they would spend time going over the routines each week. When Zariyah was seven and Shylah six, they went to Auckland for a competition. It was supposed to be just a fun trip, but they won their division. Now both girls say they love
Hip hop duo Shylah and Zariyah Andrews’ win at a recent competition qualifies them for the world championships in Portugal later this year. Photo: Andrew Turner.
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