Mayor regrets plan pause

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan says pausing the council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) process last year in favour of a one-year one was wrong. She made the comments ahead of three days of LTP hearings, which…

Deputy speaker Barbara Kuriger has revealed how emotional she felt in Parliament last week while she was sitting in the Speaker’s chair during the debate on punishments for three Te Pāti Māori members. The Taranaki-King…

The traditional wooden carving which stands guard at the new substation at Hautapu is rich with symbolism, its carver Bodie Tihoi Huitoroa-Taylor explained at its unveiling last week. The totara used weighed nearly 800 kilograms…

Cambridge Chamber and Destination Cambridge members have been given a preview on what a merged organisation could look like. Talks are progressing and although there is no deadline, Destination Cambridge’s lease on its Town Hall…

Ben Langley could have been forgiven for wearing a smug smile at the blessing of Hamilton Airport’s international terminal last week. With just days to go before international flights resume, the Operations Group general manager…

A new investigation by a national taxpayer pressure group claims Waipā District Council is funding its own political communications’ machine to shape perception rather than deliver outcomes. The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union say a 63-page…

Cambridge Stud owner Brendan Lindsay, who has been knighted for his services to business and philanthropy, is a fierce supporter of Te Arawhata New Zealand Liberation Museum in Le Quesnoy. So much so he and…

Ngāti Hauā held centre stage at the karakia for the new $7 million international terminal at Hamilton Airport this week. Iwi representatives acknowledged the spiritual significance of the new building, removed tapu (restrictions) and dedicated…

Columnist Peter Nicholl has gone viral; well his column has about the fall of the US dollar published earlier last month. It could have been the mention of the greenback currency or even US president…

Katie Mayes watched from a distance last year as the Cambridge Connections project began to unravel. At the time, she held a national role with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and observed the fallout when…