From farm to fame
Zealong Tea Estate is brewing more than just globally acclaimed teas on land that was once a dairy farm. Mary Anne Gill visits Gordonton in Waikato to uncover the innovation and international acclaim stirring beneath…
Zealong Tea Estate is brewing more than just globally acclaimed teas on land that was once a dairy farm. Mary Anne Gill visits Gordonton in Waikato to uncover the innovation and international acclaim stirring beneath…
Waipā’s trailblazing role in New Zealand’s aeronautical history entered a new chapter last week with the launch of the country’s first electric aircraft at Hamilton Airport. Over the coming weeks, look to the skies as…
Our online breaking coverage of the local body elections dominated last month’s Cambridge News web statistics with nearly a quarter of all visits going to the constantly updated page. The home page was second followed…
Good Local Media’s two monthly business publications in Waikato and Bay of Plenty – out this week – both feature young entrepreneurs making their mark in regional competitions. A bumper 40-page edition of Waikato Business…
Charlotte FitzPatrick has been elected Cambridge Community Board chair. 12pm 31 October Jo Davies-Colley has been appointed Waipa District Council deputy mayor following the swearing in of councillors today. “Jo brings a calm, collaborative approach…
Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder, a licensed architectural designer based in Cambridge, has pledged to uphold his family’s legacy of irreverence and a reputation for “getting things done.” Bydder was censured last year after an…
Second-term Thames-Coromandel councillor Warren Maher is the new Waikato Regional Council chair. The Tairua electrical contractor was the only nomination and was unanimously elected in Hamilton today at the council’s inaugural meeting. The position pays…
A school holiday initiative by Waikato Regional Council that tripled bus patronage has been such a success it’s set to return. Council transport staff are also looking to collaborate with Waikato-King Country communities on other…
Two Cambridge High School students are preparing for the trip of a lifetime to London’s Globe Theatre, after being invited to join a young Shakespeare company. Aspen Gooch and Evelyn Winter, both 17 and in…
A long-established Cambridge quarry has acknowledged concerns from neighbours who say it’s breaching its resource consent conditions by exceeding permitted truck movements. Waipā District Council issued one abatement and two infringement notices to the quarry…
