Paul Charman

Dec 2, 2024 | wbn.co.nz | Paul Charman

Complex hydraulics and electronics developed by a Hamilton company are used around the world to move houses and buildings by truck and trailer units, writes Paul Charman. Robin Ratcliffe watches the television series Moving Houses with more interest than most. It was he and his engineers who developed the specialised trailer technology needed to shift houses and buildings by trucks over some of the most challenging landscapes in the world.

Nov 12, 2024 | ffteducationdatalab.org.uk | Eliza Hilton |Paul Charman |Natasha Plaister |Dave Thomson

Over the last few years, colleagues at FFT have been developing the Reading Assessment Programme (RAP), a simple online assessment tool to assess pupils on GPC[1] accuracy, decoding accuracy and reading fluency. Between September 2022 and August 2024, a total of 110,000 pupils from almost 700 schools have completed 340,000+ assessments.

Oct 30, 2024 | teawamutunews.nz | Paul Charman

The Targa Rally can be a win-win for motor sport fans and the local communities who host it, says Maihiihi Primary School deputy principal Katie Robinson. The Labour Weekend timing didn’t work in Waitomo district where road closure applications were declined – but it did work in the Otorohaga district. While organising a team of 18 volunteer marshals from the school, Robinson said the school appreciated the opportunity to both serve a community event and generate some much-needed income.

Oct 30, 2024 | cambridgenews.nz | Paul Charman

A Wellington surgeon and his sister said the King Country-Waipa legs of the Targa Rally felt like a homecoming at the weekend. The News caught up with Dynes McConnell and his sister and co-driver Melody McConnell, as their classic car was being examined by scrutineers at Ōtorohanga Rugby Club grounds. Melody, who lives in Hawke’s Bay, has driven alongside her brother since the two were teenagers growing up on a dairy farm at Tuhikaramea, near Pirongia.

Oct 1, 2024 | wbn.co.nz | Paul Charman

Since 1972 a King Country mining operation has hoovered up hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of iron sand for export to Asian steel factories, reports Paul Charman. With a question mark over the future of iron ore as a commodity, the future of a King Country operation seems less certain. Sitting on the coast about 90 minutes’ drive west of Ōtorohanga, Taharoa Ironsands Ltd (TIL) sits astride the largest deposit iron sands deposit in the country.