Watching the kākāpō

Every step they take… DoC’s kākāpō “policeman” Petrus Hedman will be watching them. The newest arrivals at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, four kākāpō from the deep south, will be constantly monitored as they adapt to their…

The return of kākāpō to the North Island after a 40 year absence was a triumph for Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and cooperating iwi. And the pride of Department of Conservation staff and National Kākāpō Recovery…

Janelle Ward first met a kākāpō in 2008 at Massey University and was in awe. “They are incredible birds, stunningly beautiful chunky, full of personality – and a face like an owl.” She has seen…

When Lizzy Stokes set out to help Kids in Need Waikato, she found support from both sides of the Tasman. Girls Guide Lizzy opted to support the organisation’s warmer winter campaign as part of her…

Wintec has stripped disgraced businessman and arts patron James Wallace of the honorary Master of Arts he was awarded in 2019. Cambridge born Wallace, one of the country’s leading arts and film philanthropists and a…

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is advertising for a full time general manager as part of a move to bolster fundraising and its profile. Chief executive Andrew Peckham, who took up the post in December, said the…

John Hansen’s dream of seeing a flyover rather than a roundabout at the Piarere intersection of highways one and 29 appears to have been dashed. The Cambridge resident’s case won a lot of support in…

Waikato District Council will introduce a targeted rate to continue restoring and preserving the Tamahere gully network. Councillors voted last week to levy Tamahere ward ratepayers $1 a week per property over the next five…

Hautapu won the first challenge for the new Cambridge Referees’ Cup for club colts with a 20-10 win over Leamington on Saturday. There was no shortage of refs in town as the Cambridge referees’ association…

A new memorial berm at St Stephen’s Church, Tamahere, is a nod to the past as well as the future. The church, built in 1970 following a night of arson which saw three churches attacked…