Groundswell, which calls itself a grassroots volunteer-driven advocacy group seeking to change regulations impacting on farmers and rural communities, came to town wearing a distinctly different coat last week. As some farmers watched on shaking…
The Media Council has rejected complaints by failed mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams and supporter Brenda Stamp about coverage in The News. Woodhams claimed The News presented him as a timewaster and produced “misinformation” to cause…
When World Polio Day on Monday reminds people of the horrors of the disease, two Cambridge men will be privately revisiting their own families’ experiences with the virus. Greg Gascoigne and Roger Gordon are among…
Entries for Waipā’s premier business wards have opened – and signs are they will be keenly contested. The Waipa Networks Business Awards, which have become biennial, will culminate in a function at Mystery Creek next…
Four didn’t stand, four were voted out, two were returned unopposed – and just four were voted back into power in a day of change for the Waikato Regional Council. Clyde Graf overcame unwanted reminders…
Obituary Te Awamutu’s Delysse Storey understood, through personal interest and study the historic importance of the phrase “Lest we Forget”. Herbert Farrant, President New Zealand Military Historical Society, pays tribute to Delysse Storey, who died…
Waipā District Council (Final results in full below) Susan O’Regan Andrew Brown Lou Brown Phillip Coles Roger Gordon Marcus Gower Mike Montgomerie Mike Pettit Takena Stirling Liz Stolwyk Clare St Pierre Bruce Thomas Waikato Regional…
It was a day of mixed emotions when Sir Patrick Hogan visited his former farm Cambridge Stud to attend a luncheon to honour the memory of Queen Elizabeth II. Thirty-two years previously the Queen was…
Outgoing long-serving Waipā councillor and former deputy mayor Grahame Webber, 74, now has a unique reminder of his 21 years at the council, a model water truck. It was presented to him by Water Services…
Forty people have paid their deposits and put their names forward for seats on the Waipā council or community boards. So why should we vote for them? Here are the reasons why in their own…
