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Seamus Lohrey As a lad from the mythical South Island, where the ground shakes beneath us and snow falls from above us, I admittedly knew very little about the mighty Waikato when I first came here. But through an intensive sleuth, filing through reports of Morrinsville’s U45KG rugby team and Waipā’s riveting new museum, I now feel I know everything there is to know about this mighty region. I’m a Hamiltonian if you will. As a result of my restless research, here’s some hand-picked, wholesome stories about our mates around the Waikato, I found just for your eyeballs. Luke Skywalker senses the force in Hamilton Gavin Shoebridge made a claim on Twitter that Hamilton was actually named after Luke Skwywalker himself, Mark Hamill. “A lot of people don't realise that Hamilton was actually named after the actor, Mark Hamill.” The shock came to Shoebridge when he saw the iconic figure of Star Wars was quick to respond. “Is this really true or is it just a joke?” After an embarrassing dismissal of Hamill’s hopeful question, Shoebridge saw a lot of support for the idea with one person saying “I think the people of the Tron would gladly adopt a legend as their namesake ... I know I would”. Surely anything is better than being named after famed Pā destroyer, John Hamilton? With the race for Mayor starting to take off in Kirikiriroa, maybe we should give Mr Hamill a crack. Cambridge man meets woman who saved his life before All Blacks test match On the 2nd of July, on his way to the All Blacks first test match 10
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of the year, Waikato man Dean Herewini blacked out and crashed his car. It wasn’t too soon after that a nearby saviour draped in green, Sara Hartigan, met the man and began CPR. These heroics from the Irish fan led to Herwini being alive today, enabling him to set up a ceremony of gratitude at Hautapu Rugby Club, Cambridge. “I appreciate what you’ve done, I wouldn’t be here with my friends and be able to see your lovely smile again” said Dean. Herewini and his rugby club gave an All Blacks, Ireland, and Waikato signed rugby jerseys as a way of thanks as well as an after function for New Zealand and Ireland fans to mingle. “She’s my four leaf clover, my irish angel.” Awwwwwww. 2005 case of a stolen Waitomo motorbike cracked by man ‘killing time’ on the internet. After a 17 year long search, and a journey to Arizona, a Waitomo family has found their once stolen motorbike. Kevin Gualys, the owner of the heirloom, found himself on the internet ‘killing time’ and stumbled across the vehicle for sale. Now, initially the question begs, why on earth do you keep looking for something after close to two decades of it being lost? Well, being one of three of its kind in New Zealand and belonging to a WWII soldier, the 1929 BSA Sloper motorbike was not only of great value to the family but to the market place as well. “I discovered that a collector had paid US$20,000 to the [Arizona] auction house and the motorbike was now in New York” said Gualys. After plenty of paperwork with American authorities, the motorbike is now back in the Waikato in one piece.
