A celebration took place recently in the Waikids Daystay Unit at Waikato Hospital as 9-year-old Grace Laurence became the first patient to ring the new milestone bell, marking the end of her cancer treatment. This…
A celebration took place recently in the Waikids Daystay Unit at Waikato Hospital as 9-year-old Grace Laurence became the first patient to ring the new milestone bell, marking the end of her cancer treatment. This…
Waipa District Council has recently confirmed that this year’s rate increase will be a staggering 15.5 per cent. Their 10-year plan also projects the rate increases for the next two years will be 10.7 per…
Joan Grice has lived a life that reads like an adventure novel. At 99, she effortlessly reels off stories of skydiving, white-water rafting, climbing Mt Ruapehu, and even visiting Antarctica. The word daredevil springs to…
As the tv advert says, this week it’s all about Cars! Cars! Cars! I am pleased to be healthy again and back on board this week. What wasn’t so good however, was to come back…
A public workshop gave Waipā District councillors an opportunity to tell their side of the Blue Blob story last week and reflect on the fallout from a disastrous public drop-in session. Independent facilitator Anne Pattillo…
Fix it, please It is to be hoped the vandals who took it upon themselves to paint the pillars of our Town Hall recently have sufficient knowledge to put the damage right. What an opportunity…
Driver dies One person died on Monday after a crash involving a track and car on Cambridge Road between Cox and Storey roads. Emergency services were called to the scene about 11.25am. The driver of…
Waikato-Maniapoto’s Te Taka Keegan says he was surprised at being named a living icon for his work weaving Te Reo Māori into technology. Keegan, a University of Waikato Department of Software Engineering associate professor who…
The chair of the board of inquiry into plans to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu asked the applicant why they had not addressed social effects. Environment Court Judge Brian Dwyer asked…
Two Tamahere residents were honoured at Waikato District Council’s mayoral awards recently. John Sheat, who was nominated by the Tamahere Community Committee, was a foundation trustee of the Tamahere Mangaone Restoration Trust and spent more…
