Latest Waikato Business News

Latest Waikato Business News

The latest edition of Waikato Business News is out today, packed full of reading. Chris Gardner visits Hobbiton, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits the Ruakaka Superhub, Viv Posselt visits Esther Gathambo at the Made precinct…

First Waipa Home & Leisure Show a hit

Exhibitors want to be back for next year’s Waipā Home & Leisure Show following the success of the first version at Lake Karāpiro. Organisers Good Local Media were thrilled with the turnout over three days….

Reporting for bloody duty

It has been years since The News’ senior writer Mary Anne Gill has given blood but sometime in the next few days, she will rectify that. Gill was one of the many New Zealand residents…

Open Homes

Woops, we published the wrong Open Home listings in the Cambridge News this week. Our apologies. You can download the Open Homes list here, print the list from our website below or click on the…

What residents told Waipā District Council

Read: We can’t get no satisfaction We take a snapshot of comments from the district council’s residents’ survey. The guys who do the parks and gardens do a wonderful job. I am confident in my…

‘Momentum’ in Waipā

A fire alarm interrupted Waipā councillors’ questions to economist Brad Olsen following his State of the Nation speech this week, but it provided time for an interview with senior writer Mary Anne Gill. Leading economist…

Hot and Sharp

Ahead of Hautapu’s 11th appearance in a Waikato senior men’s club rugby final Mary Anne Gill caught up with two players already hard at work. Jason Thomasen and Nic Jeffcoat typify amateur club rugby at…

Jerome says thanks

Cambridge firefighters were able to celebrate the value of their work when Jerome Crawford called in to see them. Last October Cambridge crews were called to a serious crash at Mystery Creek where Jerome was…

Ambassador walk-off puzzle

Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…