Parlez-vous français? Perhaps not, but hundreds of locals now do thanks in part to a decade of classes run by a couple of women passionate about the language. February marks the start of a new…
Parlez-vous français? Perhaps not, but hundreds of locals now do thanks in part to a decade of classes run by a couple of women passionate about the language. February marks the start of a new…
Rod Beare thought nothing of it when there was a knock on his front door about 10.30pm. Somebody must need help, he thought, and sure enough it was a young man who said he had…
If you’ve experienced a loss visited upon you through someone breaking an agreement, you’ll know the feelings of disempowerment and betrayal. Long ago, it happened for me at this time of year. I’d been persuaded…
Woke talk Woke talk: I was somewhat perplexed to read the comments of Jo Gread, Waipā District Council Governance Manager re proposed changes to meeting dates and information. Gread is quoted as saying: “the move…
An Emergency Services vehicle (Police, Ambulance or Fire) responding under lights and sirens, means we are attending the most urgent of jobs. For police, this means that serious harm is in progress, and we need…
Tuesday 4 February Two youths will appear in the Tauranga Youth Court tomorrow (Wednesday) charged with two burglaries and two unlawful takes of a motor vehicle. Police executed a search warrant in Tauranga earlier today…
Horse racing in the Waikato is a $505 million industry employing more than 6200 people and it is about to undergo radical change, reports senior writer Mary Anne Gill. When Andrew ‘Butch’ Castles says…
There have been plenty of harrowing and emotional stories coming out of the LA fires disaster. Videos of people reuniting with, or helping, pets really pull the heartstrings, bringing forward thoughts of how I would…
Tom Roa has cast a vote of confidence in the refreshed compilation of the Waitangi Tribunal. He did not have his warrant renewed this month when Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced a new line…
Incoming Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaiwhakatere chief executive Evie O’Brien says she is excited and humbled to be appointed. O’Brien was welcomed back to Te Awamutu head office on Tuesday with a pōwhiri. “It has what…
