Waikato Herald
Living with cancer
“I’m living with advanced breast cancer – I’m not dying of it.” That’s the mindset Waikato grandmother Diana Wood lives by as she faces a disease many people still see as a death sentence. The 67-year-old is living with stage four breast cancer, but...
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Deluge cuts off towns
The severe weather has heavily impacted parts of the North Island this week, including the Waikato region. Coromandel, Hauraki and parts of Matamata-piako District were particularly hit hard, with the weather forcing evacuations and triggering...
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Ancestry surprise
Halina Tilsley was always confident she knew who she was. Born after the end of World War II, she was the daughter of a Polish woman and a British-born Kiwi soldier, a mother of two, a grandmother and greatgrandmother. But two years ago, her life and...
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