The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will announce its next Official Cash Rate decision on August 20. Lots of people are giving them advise. Most expect the bank to lower the cash rate again by…
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will announce its next Official Cash Rate decision on August 20. Lots of people are giving them advise. Most expect the bank to lower the cash rate again by…
A new funeral home on the site of the now closed Lyceum Club site in Cambridge is among 87 approved land use consents issued by Waipā District Council in the first six months of the…
I was in a changing room cubicle trying on jeans at a clothing store when someone bashed loudly on the door, shouting at me with startling urgency to ‘get out immediately!’ Hobbling out of the…
Mercury Energy is two weeks into a jet grouting trial at its Arapuni hydro dam, laying the groundwork for $120 million major remediation work scheduled to begin next year. Principal project manager Tom Newson said…
Memories of Cambridge In researching some articles recently I came across a story in the Cambridge News about the closing of the Lyceum Club. My grandmother Evelyn Rishworth was the club’s first president and the…
Kāwhia’s Gaylene Kanawa is about to hit the local body elections’ campaign trail with her colleagues at Waipa, Hamilton and Otorohanga councils to increase voter participation during the election period by offering more special voting…
Here we go again – encouraging voters to take an interest in the running of their districts. The candidates will be known tomorrow afternoon and after voting forms are posted from September 9, voting will…
The financial strain of burying loved ones is becoming more evident, two Waipā funeral directors say. Waipā District Council has confirmed significant increases in burial-related fees for 2025-26 and 2026-27 in its 2025-2034 Long Term…
I am starting again with some incidents police have taken action on. Last Monday, staff attended a family harm incident in progress where a female was assaulted. Following an investigation, a male was arrested the…
Candidate withdraws Fabio Rodrigues has withdrawn as a Waikato district mayoral candidate throwing his support behind former deputy mayor Aksel Bech’s second all or nothing bid to be mayor and oust incumbent Jacqui Church. Rodrigues,…
