Peters team tipped off

Peters team tipped off

New Zealand First was ready to deal with protestors at party leader Winston Peter’s public meeting on Sunday. Matangi farmer and party co-coordinator for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions Craig Sinclair told The…

Doing it by the book

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari volunteers have responded to the project’s funding crisis with a book –  to tell an alternative story. Volunteer Viv Clarke said the group of 18 long-term volunteers spent three years writing the…

Peters to speak

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters will speak at a public meeting in Hamilton at the end of the party’s convention on Sunday. “It’s just a really good opportunity for the party leader to say…

Meeting over Kennedy case

NZ Post chief operating officer Brendon Main has agreed to meet ProDrive chief executive Peter Gallagher to discuss the long-running case of Waipā posties Ian and Danny Kennedy. The couple were contracted by NZ Post…

Donations buy maunga extra time

Philanthropists have met Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s cash flow crisis head on with $250,000 worth of funding. “We’ve moved our cash position out from what ended up being around four weeks to around 20 weeks,” said…

‘It’s not about you…’

Chris Gardner talks to Peter Nation who announced last week he would be standing down as chief executive of Fieldays. Outgoing National Agricultural Fieldays chief executive Peter Nation has some sage words for his successor….

Ōhaupō speed bumps on way out?

The Government is scrapping plans for 29 speed bumps on state highways, as motorists complain about the severity of three of them in Ōhaupō. “Kiwis are sick of seeing money go into expensive speed bumps…

Board wants booze plan relaxed

Waipā District Council has been asked to relax its alcohol ban plan at Lake Arapuni campsites. Reacting to Waipa District Council’s draft alcohol policy and bylaw Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt…

Community patrol is a lifesaver

Cambridge Community Patrol coordinator Neil Bridgland has more than one story of when his volunteers took lifesaving action. Like the time, a couple of months ago, when a husband-and-wife on late night patrol saw a…

Appeal starts after job losses

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari volunteers have taken to the streets to raise awareness of the project’s cash flow crisis after seven rangers lost their jobs. Guided by volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, they are collecting cash, encouraging…