Lou Brown
Te Awamutu councillor Lou Brown is well known as a councillor who shows great respect – and he took it to a new level at a full council meeting this week – referring to Waipa mayor Jim Mylchreest as Your Honour rather than Your Worship on three occasions.
Ian Hughes’ legacy to Cambridge earned high praise at a farewell marking his retirement after 15 years with the Cambridge Safer Community Charitable Trust, most of those spent as chairman. The Trust, which operates the…
Experience or fresh approaches? Tried-and-true or new blood? Waipā’s mayoral candidates appear to agree that the right balance is crucial. Susan O’Regan, Clare St Pierre and Mike Pettit were asked about their primary goals should…
There are mixed reviews from farmers across the greater Waikato region, following the transition from a drought to high rain fall. Kaipaki farmer Zane Kite said the drought was devastating. “We took a financial hit….
Waipā District Council is going begging for votes for this Saturday’s local body election, despite a hotly contested mayoral race. Incumbent Susan O’Regan is facing challenges from councillors Mike Pettit and Clare St Pierre. Voter turnout…
