Cambridge’s charity organisation Jumble Around has recorded one of its most successful years ever and has distributed over $154,000 to mostly local non-profit groups and organisations. The Leamington-based outlet runs its annual funding round to mid-September,…
Covid-19 has delayed Ollie the cockatiel’s epic hike down the length of New Zealand but while the chips are down, he’s been boosting his public profile by downing chips. The plucky 20-month-old Cambridge bird, who…
Updated with Waikato DHB comments received after we went to press (see at end): A Waipā district councillor says she and other councillors were told to keep quiet for more than a day when Covid…
By Deb Thurgood I want to start with another big thank you to everyone who has been doing what we need to do to meet level 3 lock down rules. It is a stressful time…
Tommy Peters has raised more than $7000 to thank the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter service for saving his mother Anne, who suffered horrific injuries in a horse riding accident six months ago. “I’m really grateful because if it wasn’t…
Mayor hospitalised Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest had a 24-hour stint in Waikato Hospital on an antibiotic drip last week when his chest infection worsened. Mylchreest said yesterday he had a high fever which settled down…
A Waipā nurse vaccinator on Covid’s front line says she’s convinced mobile vans going into Waikato’s far flung rural areas is the answer to reaching the 90 per cent fully vaccinated target. Michelle Edge, who works for Waikato…
Ōtorohanga Mayor Max Baxter deserves high praise for breaking a Covid mould. Since the arrival of Covid, the government, health boards and local bodies have staged managed information releases where and when they want. Mayor…
Waipā District Council and Federated Farmers have reacted angrily to the government’s decision to take away its water assets in favour of four new mega entities. Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta made the announcement yesterday…
By Peter Nicholl This month, I return to my pet subject, interest rates and inflation – I was after all, a Central Banker for nearly 40 years. The issue is topical again because on October 6 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand…
