Our home has shared space with delightful, feathered friends for decades. A friendly cockatiel has been part of the family for over 13 years. We acquired him very young, so knowing his precise ‘hatch-day’ was…
Our home has shared space with delightful, feathered friends for decades. A friendly cockatiel has been part of the family for over 13 years. We acquired him very young, so knowing his precise ‘hatch-day’ was…
Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey will stand for a third term. “I definitely intend to stand for re-election in the North Waikato Constituency,” Storey told The News. The American dairy farmer was first elected…
Imagine being on the road for 47 years in your own adapted truck, bus or van. The Gypsy Fair, which spent the weekend in Cambridge at Memorial Park, has done precisely that and captivated towns…
The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition. Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and…
One of the true delights of the period from mid-December until the middle of the following month is to undertake a momentary flight from the mundane of the majority of the year and undertake something…
The post-Christmas credit crunch is showing in Waipā. Checks on the region’s foodbanks finds a consistent story – the demand for help continues to grow. The Cambridge Corps of the Salvation Army food bank report…
The winners are … To the victors, the spoils, the Zambian polo team, from left, Mary Jellis, Kayleigh Clayton, Nunu Henderson and captain Emily Paterson which beat New Zealand in Leamington last weekend. See: Polo,…
Hay on the sideline, sun beating down, plenty of places to pitch a marquee and lay down picnic blankets and chairs, food and coffee truck and an international women’s polo test. What more could you…
A raft of fresh faces could sit around the Waipā District Council table later this year following confirmation two long-standing elected members are getting out and others might follow. Andrew Brown and Bruce Thomas have…
A man whose photography has featured in The News, and who took first prize in the 2022 Autumn Festival photo competition died unexpectedly on December 29. Talented photographer Brian Holden died while pursuing another of…
