The tallest tale in Waipā

If you ask Murray Smith about it, he’s a little reticent. “It’s a bit of a sad ‘claim to fame’ really isn’t it? I just really love giraffes.” And there’s your hint as to what…

Leaders of Waikato’s two largest local bodies have announced they will surrender portions of their pay because of the Covid-19 lockdown – but there is no national consensus and it appears unlikely others in Waikato…

The day Ricki Herbert’s parents first handed him a football is etched in his mind. The former All Whites coach was four, and with it came a message they would regularly reinforce. “Chase your dreams….

The country’s major supermarkets say they have plans to eliminate plastics which Waipā District Council has voted to remove from recycling bins. Countdown – owned by Woolworths New Zealand – and Foodstuffs, which oversees New…

It could be five years before Waikato’s tourism sector rebounds to pre-Covid-19 lockdown levels, Waipā District Council’s Finance and Corporate Committee has been told. But Waipā’s strategic geographic location, natural environment and world-class event venues…

As dawn broke over Cambridge on Anzac Day, a self-proclaimed “ordinary pensioner” made his way – shrouded in darkness – to the end of his driveway to pause for reflection and remembrance. It was the…

God is the “firm foundation”, their family the cornerstone. Cambridge’s Roy and Joan Suisted marked their 70th – or platinum – wedding anniversary last week – and Joan said those factors have sustained them. “We’re…

Wearing personal protective equipment, two Waipā Disrtict Council staff have continued an “especially significant” essential role throughout the nation-wide Covid-19 lockdown. Waipā District Council parks and reserves supervisors Craig McCurdy and Stephen Bagnall manage the…

Mila Lockett couldn’t quite understand why her friends couldn’t join her to celebrate her fourth birthday. Mila loves fairies and was going to have a fairy themed birthday party. Just as it looked like the…

The Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre (WWEOC) is reminding people to stay at home in their lockdown bubbles on Anzac Day tomorrow – and not to visit Cenotaphs to lay wreaths. It is the first…