Cyber stars Waipā District Council has been recognised for its outstanding cybersecurity efforts, taking out the ‘Best in Cyber Security’ award at the Association of Local Government Information Management annual awards last week. The award…
Cyber stars Waipā District Council has been recognised for its outstanding cybersecurity efforts, taking out the ‘Best in Cyber Security’ award at the Association of Local Government Information Management annual awards last week. The award…
Waikato-Tainui executive Glenda Taituha-Toka, originally from Piopio is a finalist in the Young Executive of the Year category of the Deloitte Top 200 Awards. The winners will be announced on December 5. The Rahui-Pōkeka (Huntly)…
Forming a multi council-controlled organisation for water services is the first step to creating a unitary authority in the Waikato. That’s the view of Waipā District Council Cambridge Ward member Mike Pettit who shared his…
Waipā District Council is drafting a submission against the building of the Paewira waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road in Te Awamutu. Councillors who debated the plan last week said they believed the wrong…
Almost everything about Sunday’s book launch at Ōhaupō School of Valerie Millington’s ‘Ellen of Denniston’ was intended to deliver a sense of time and place. And deliver it did, in spades. The hall, creaking with…
Fifty four Waipā residents are on the waiting list for one of the 93 pensioner housing units owned by the council. The biggest number is in Te Awamutu where there are 23 on the list…
There have been flight cancellations in Indonesia recently following the eruption of Lewotobi Laki-laki, reminding us that volcanoes can impact areas far away from the eruption location. Volcanic ash is the most far-reaching hazard that…
The life and comics of a Waipā artist who suffered a debilitating disease are being celebrated in two volumes of his work. Dean Ballinger, who died at age 48 in 2022 after enduring Motor Neuron…
Being ‘precise’ has importance for good reasons. Multiple areas of life demonstrate how a ‘near enough will do’ approach can result in disaster. Engineers and builders understand why it’s important not to take liberty with…
A former police crisis negotiator and personal protection officer has been delivering conflict management training to Waipā District Council staff and elected members. Lance Burdett, who now works for Wellness, Awareness, Resilience and Negotiation (Warn)…
