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No offence intended… 

I found myself on the receiving end of a bit of a ticking off on Monday. It was Anzac Day. I contacted a colleague from another company on a matter to do with work on…

On the beat: Finders are not keepers 

I hope you have had good week. Today I want to talk about theft – the type of theft where you find something that is not yours, yet do not hand it in and rather…

Residents put Fonterra on notice 

Relations between Fonterra and residents around their Hautapu plant remain frosty in the wake of approval being given for the dairy giant to build a wastewater treatment plant. The company said last week it was…

Anzac Day, as it should be

The crowds returned to Cambridge’s two Anzac Day services on Monday with standing room only in the Town Hall for the Commemorative Service. Support was back to pre-Covid days as in the still of a…

Your Honour?

Te Awamutu councillor Lou Brown is well known as a councillor who shows great respect – and he took it to a new level at a full council meeting this week – referring to Waipa…

The money or the water?

Opinions differ over whether Waipā District Council should take the money offered to it by the government’s Three Waters Reform Package. Local Government New Zealand says the package would not commit council to any government…

Big day out at Karāpiro

Lisa Carrington brought her star power to Waipā’s Lake Karāpiro at the weekend and had to call on all her fighting ability to even things up with K1 500m rival Aimee Fisher. Given all the…

Farewell to the Narrows

I said farewell to a tract of land in Tamahere on Sunday which has played a big part in my life. The Narrows golf course has witnessed many shots from me which you would be…

Land return a blessing

Sixty-one Rangiaowhia Road has been blessed on a day when both holy water and tears fell onto the historic whenua. “When our tupuna were ejected from here, they left with tears of dejection, of sorrow,…

A council three down

The resignation of Waipā councillor Elwyn Andree-Wiltens on Monday has left the council light on numbers as elected representatives debate several major issues. The council was three elected members down this week with Andree-Wiltens’ sudden…

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