Storm brings damage

The thunderstorm last night brought an estimated 60mm of rain to Waipā – and a tree down on a Lamb Street roof in Cambridge. Aaron and Charlene Bethune discovered the damage this morning and think…

Cambridge Baptist Church commissioned new pastor Ken Keyte, at Sunday service this week. The service was conducted by Peter Foster, Baptist Regional Leader for Waikato-Bay of Plenty, whose sermon challenged the congregation with the question…

A review discussing how to make local government more relevant to people has itself highlighted a glaring communications’ failure. The Department of Internal Affairs informed national media and Government funded local democracy reporters about the…

Hedley Edwards jokingly refers to it as a weapon. It’s the Case IH tractor he sold for Giltrap Agrizone Cambridge in August last year to Jeff Weake. But a couple of months later Edwards was…

Karāpiro School principal Tina-Maree Thatcher  believes Waka Kotahi has listened to concerns spelled out in a 1000-plus word letter. In June she told the agency the school, on the intersection of State Highway 1 and…

When Simon Clark decided work was no longer enjoyable because the company was getting too big, he decided to call it quits and follow his dream. The now 42-year-old with a passion for virtual reality…

Mike Keir says first things first – the new look Waikato District Council’s first task is about relationships. He and Crystal Beavis – near neighbours in Tamahere – join the council, with new mayor Jacqui…

He had been treated well by Hamilton voters, I suggested to Russ Rimmington on Saturday night. They might have dumped him twice – finally last weekend – but they had also consistently backed the Tamahere…

Local body politics isn’t sexy. It doesn’t have the presence of a Winston Peters, the charisma of a Jacinda Ardern, and local body “political editors” on TV news at six breathlessly reporting on the latest…

General elections involve a big build up and a queue at polling stations. Local body elections involve little fanfare. Papers arrive in your letterbox – some people vote straight away, others leave them around for…