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New plan for domain

A plan to remove Leamington Domain’s skating rink and build a covered multi-purpose court nearer the croquet green was presented to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week. Reserves planner Bonnie Lewis unveiled the…

Why I voted ‘no’

Waikato Regional Council has just voted to retain its two Māori constituencies for another six years. Only councillor Chris Hughes and I voted against the retention of the constituencies, stating that we believed they were…

Searching for a shed

Myles Prebble was at home “doing nothing” during the Covid lockdown, so he decided to make a ukulele from resources in his shed. Fast forward to late last month and he was behind a considerably…

Preparing for a bigger town

The current ridiculous promises being made – and posturing apparent – by all politicians tells me that the hustings have reach the looney stage. Many such promises are not achievable and with no intent of…

Council: how flats are maintained

Waipā District Council says it has gone above and beyond to service the needs of its tenants. The council was responding to a story in last week’s Cambridge News where tenants suggested there has been…

Way better than we imagined…

Recently my youngest had his 17th birthday. As part of his ‘day’ I told him I’d pick him up to go somewhere as a surprise before heading off for a burger together. The surprise was…

There’s a good boy, Jock…

Tracy Munro took to competing in dog agility competitions when she could no longer ride in horse show jumping events. While there are similarities – the dog runs around a course conquering a variety of…

Pets at her service

A Day for the Animals It was as if they knew the congregation was singing about them, so the 22 dogs, a cockatiel and one gecko maintained a dignified silence. “All things bright and beautiful,…

A violent past

“There was a violent roaring, lasting four or five minutes at a time… we saw a cloud gradually rising, black as ink… it was flashing with lightning in every direction, while occasionally fireballs, like rockets,…

A singular stuff up

Government authorities took their eyes off the ball when they allowed single use vapes into the country, a leading e-waste operator says. Award winning Waipā-based Urban Miners has saved tonnes of e-waste from landfill in…

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