Multiple arrests made by police
Waikato police have made a significant number of arrests in recent days – including four in Te Awamutu. They say four young people were caught after fleeing from police following the burglary of a store…
Waikato police have made a significant number of arrests in recent days – including four in Te Awamutu. They say four young people were caught after fleeing from police following the burglary of a store…
The Te Miro School community came together last week for a mid-winter Matariki festival. Year 8 student Mahina King gives readers an account of the night. Te Miro school marked its annual Matariki celebration and…
“When I had my stroke friends stayed away. And for five years after my stroke I could not say a word. And then for three years I could say some words… and now I can…
A Federated Farmers leader has responded to last week’s story in The News where farmers were encouraged to lobby for better milk prices. Waipā accountant Jarrod Godfrey said Fonterra’s opening milk price forecast for the…
A six-decade old ski club is preparing a wake after learning its lease on Lake Karāpiro won’t be renewed. The Brooklyn Water Ski Club has been at the Taumatawiiwii Reserve since the early 1960s, but…
To the uninitiated, they are rocks compared to normal golf balls. We are talking about range balls – thousands of them are placed on tees on driving ranges around the country every day by club…
A national conversation about local, regional and national decision making and service provision is needed before any discussion about amalgamation, a Waikato local body leader has told The News. Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey…
It’s Saturday afternoon in Vogel Street, the hosts are entertaining teams from Papamoa and Tokoroa, and there is a growing collection of black bags in a room behind the bar. Cambridge Football Club is a…
Cambridge has become the physical home of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing. Its head office has moved almost 500 kilometres north from Petone to Dick St Cambridge and the move sees more than 45 employees find…
Waipā councillors appeared to be closer – if not close – to naming a successor for chief executive Garry Dyet this week. They were to meet at Karāpiro today (Wednesday) – after this edition went…
