The previous government elected to re-shape the national health service by demolishing district health boards. In part I supported this move as I had never had faith in poorly-elected inexperienced wannabees (as governance people) dictating…
The previous government elected to re-shape the national health service by demolishing district health boards. In part I supported this move as I had never had faith in poorly-elected inexperienced wannabees (as governance people) dictating…
I first read Dr Janine Krippner’s column in this paper when I was thinking about making a podcast for the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. Janine’s ability to communicate the history and the science…
Cambridge Reds maintained their unbeaten run in the Northern Region Football League Southern Conference with a thumping 5-1 victory over Taupō at John Kerkohf Park on Saturday. But tardy supporters need to ensure they get…
Seven years ago Glyn and Robyn Doughty’s 1965 Singer Gazelle was rusting away in a Levin paddock. The Tauwhare couple were no strangers to Gazelles, having owned previous models, but were determined to restore this…
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…
A cash flow crisis could force the closure of Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari by the end of August. “Prior to Wednesday we would be looking at six weeks before we were going to shut up shop,”…
The centre-piece of this year’s Budget was the implementation of the tax cuts that National had ‘promised’ during last year’s election campaign. They did this by raising the three lowest tax brackets by about 11.5…
Thirty years ago, a young dairy industry reporter, newly transferred from the King Country, covered her first Fieldays. The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill was back at Mystery Creek today and filed her thoughts….
Max Brown fought back tears as he spoke to more than 40 people at the official naming of the New Zealand men’s canoe sprint team for the Paris Olympic Games in Cambridge today. “There’s a…
Last week was another busy one that saw us dealing with offences including two thefts from cars and two thefts of car, six shoplifting cases, public drunkenness, shoplifting, multiple reports of petrol drive offs, five…
