Innovative students
A student business using a high-voltage transformer to burn patterns into chopping boards, candle holders and other wooden items won the most innovative product award at Springbank School's annual market day on Sunday. The business, High Voltage Design, is the brainchild of Ben Colblatz, 13, and Hunter Blakeman, 12, of Kerikeri. Second place went to Seth Evans, 13, Kerikeri, for his invention of a flat-pack fireplace. The junior school award for most innovative product went to Charlie Rowe, 9, for his Big Air Bike Jumps; runner-up was Bowl Rush. In the stall presentation category, the middle/senior school winner was DIY Dog, with Fizz Pop second; the junior school winner was Come By Sweety, with Amazingly Bamboozled second. The marketing award was shared by All Sorts and Beauty B. More than 70 student businesses took part in the market day. In lieu of tax, the budding entrepreneurs have to give 25 per cent of their profits to charity.
Accused in court
A man charged with operating a vehicle in a race and killing a mother and daughter will make another court appearance next week. Lucan Kenneth Cresswell, of Whangārei appeared in Whangārei District Court yesterday before Judge Keith de Ridder. He will appear again next Thursday. He faces two charges of operating a motor vehicle in a race causing death and one charge of operating a motor vehicle in a race causing injury.
Jemma Hanham, 30, and her daughter Nikki Sanders, 7, were killed in the high-speed crash on Whangārei Heads Rd on February 17 this year. Hanham was killed on impact, after the car driven by Cresswell allegedly lost control and crashed into a signpost then a tree. Nikki died from brain injuries at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital. Hanham's other daughter survived the crash. Cresswell suffered serious injuries.
