Updated 3 March 2025 Hamilton artist Richard Lewer created a ‘What they didn’t teach me at school’ exhibition held at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington last year. One of the pieces in the…
Updated 3 March 2025 Hamilton artist Richard Lewer created a ‘What they didn’t teach me at school’ exhibition held at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington last year. One of the pieces in the…
Te Awamutu’s “Space Dave” has complete faith that Nasa and other space agencies can deal with a rogue asteroid heading towards Earth. He says we should treat the emergence as a planetary emergency drill. Astronomers…
Measuring deformation is an important part of the volcano monitoring toolbox. Deformation is a change in the ground surface or shape, whether that’s up (inflation), down (deflation), or sideways. Understanding what the cause could be,…
Chris Gardner continues our series of reviews of submissions and reports on the proposed Te Awamutu waste to energy plant. Nearly two thirds of submissions on the proposed Paewira Waste to Energy Plant in Racecourse…
Waipā District Council museums and heritage director Anne Blyth says the new digital library of Waipā’s art is an accessible way of looking at our past. There are nearly 100 pieces of art in the…
Waipā, Ōtorohanga and Waitomo district councils have agreed to share regulatory services staff in the latest hint Waikato local authorities are thinking “bigger picture”. The three councils signed an over-arching regulatory shared services agreement last…
Monsignor David Bennett, pastor at Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic Church for 13 years before he took retirement, died earlier this month, aged 81. Not only was he Pastor Emeritus of St Peter’s Church in Cambridge,…
The winner of a Māori farming award is Waikato’s hope in the New Zealander of the Year Awards. Three finalists were named in each of seven categories yesterday and include Tīrau based Ben Purua (Tainui)…
A model of the brakehead at the top of the Denniston Incline is moving today to Westport, where it will be donated to the ‘Friends of the Hill’ Museum. The Greater Waikato Railway Modellers (GWRM)…
Three central banks, the US Federal Reserve, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand have announced decisions on their Official Cash Rates in recent weeks. The US Fed was first…
