Obituary Te Awamutu’s Delysse Storey understood, through personal interest and study the historic importance of the phrase “Lest we Forget”. Herbert Farrant, President New Zealand Military Historical Society, pays tribute to Delysse Storey, who died…
He had been treated well by Hamilton voters, I suggested to Russ Rimmington on Saturday night. They might have dumped him twice – finally last weekend – but they had also consistently backed the Tamahere…
Waipā District Council (Final results in full below) Susan O’Regan Andrew Brown Lou Brown Phillip Coles Roger Gordon Marcus Gower Mike Montgomerie Mike Pettit Takena Stirling Liz Stolwyk Clare St Pierre Bruce Thomas Waikato Regional…
Takena Stirling will be the first to represent Māori on Waipā’s newest ward. The 38-year-old commercial lawyer and soon to be councillor picked up more than half of the Māori ward’s 552 votes when voting…
A record frost is likely to trigger a national berry shortage – and have longer term effects. Temperatures reached negative 2.9 degrees at the Hamilton Airport last Friday, but at Waipā’s Monavale Blueberries the temperatures…
When the call to Susan O’Regan came at 1.30pm on Saturday from Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet that she had been elected mayor, her first reaction was relief. Read: Facing Up Read: Susan O’Regan elected…
Susan O’Regan thought she knew what was in the Waipā mayor’s office – after all she has been in there many times in the past few years catching up with Jim Mylchreest. But when she…
Part of the riverbank between Fergusson (Low Level) Bridge and Achilles Avenue in Cambridge has slipped into the Waikato River. While Waipā staff say the slip is “not significant” compared to other slips on the…
The last person to vote in Cambridge was Pip Roderick who arrived very flustered just after 11.55am. “I leapt out of the shower and into the car and came in from Karāpiro,” she said. “I…
Maija Vance is used to the calls she gets from the council asking about the dead horse on her Leamington property. She gets these calls when people ring the council about her horse, Slim Shady,…
