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On home ground 

Dayna Rowe is into only her second season of managing a farm team, but she’s found her preferred approach. “It’s the way you develop your team, it’s the way you treat your team and really…

Maps and Mappings 

E te Tau 2022, ō mate, ō piki me ō heke, haere rā!  E te Tau 2023 me tō pitomata, haere mai! We’ve farewelled 2022, all of its ups and downs, and those who who…

In the presence of Royalty 

Senior Leader, Bridges Church  It struck me that it’s nearly five months since the unprecedented 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II ended with her death at 96 years of age. Writing in this column…

Winning tip from the stables

When The News asked which of the three starting trotters Luk Chin owns and trains competing in race seven at Cambridge Raceway the veteran horseman wanted to be photographed with, his answer provided the biggest…

Remembering the days ….

Chances are if you attended Cambridge East Primary School between 1971 and 1976 and David Lloyd taught you, you are in retailing. Lloyd, founder of David’s Emporium in Hamilton, reels off a list of ex-students’…

The shooting of George Gilfillan

It may sound ghoulish, but a walk around graveyards can provide hours of mystery leading to the need for more research. The wording on a headstone in the grounds of the Old St John’s Church…

Getting a taste of kiwi

When Nick and Vanessa Jennings moved to an Ōhaupō lifestyle block just over a year ago, they could see Te Miro Hills in the distance from their deck. Now all they can see is a…

$6m overpaid

Te Whatu Ora Waikato (formerly Waikato District Health Board) says 6000 staff were overpaid during the cyber outage in 2021. The organisation is now endeavouring to recover the $6 million owed. The DHB will not…

Waka Ama over – planning starts

Waka Ama officials say numbers at the sprint nationals which wrapped up on Lake Karāpiro at the weekend were down on previous years and work has begun to turn that around for next year.Chief executive…

Mayor seeks young leaders to ‘step up, give it a go’

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan is on the hunt for smart, inspiring young people to join a national leadership programme. The Tuia Leadership programme is aimed at outstanding rangitahi Māori who have the potential to be…

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