Today The News introduces the 23 candidates who are running for mayor or a seat on the Waipā District Council. At a time when convincing people to stand – or remain on council – may have never been harder we acknowledge those who have spent $200 and put their hand up. Now it’s your turn to be involved – and to start thinking about who to vote for. Look for more on the forthcoming local body elections every week or online.
Fewer school subjects and the strangeness of school uniforms are just a couple of life variations Rotary exchange student Marie Witzel is adjusting to. The 15-year-old from Graz in Austria arrived in New Zealand in…
A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a local network 33kV substation owned by Waipā Networks. The aim…
Cambridge Primary School decided it was time to take out the trash – in a much smarter way. And now the school has been given a financial boost to keep the work going. “Seventy-five per…
The success of Sanctuary Mountain’s conservation efforts has been underlined with the arrival of another six kākāpō from the South Island The bird were released last week, a move enabled by Ngāi Tahu and welcomed…
