Waipā councillors have voted three of their colleagues out of a job in a move mayor Susan O’Regan says will result in better governance. But Roger Gordon, Philip Coles and Mike Pettit remain unconvinced and…
Waipā councillors have voted three of their colleagues out of a job in a move mayor Susan O’Regan says will result in better governance. But Roger Gordon, Philip Coles and Mike Pettit remain unconvinced and…
Live ammunition found on the sorting-line conveyor belt at the Te Awamutu recycling plant today has prompted further calls for people to get their recycling sorted. The rusty 12-gauge shotgun cartridge was mixed in with…
Every moment they had together to train was precious for New Zealand rowers Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors, who won gold in the women’s double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics last night. The Cambridge…
When Selu Fotu belted out Welcome Home backed by the Royal New Zealand Navy Band in the Cambridge Town Hall on Sunday, the tuba player could be forgiven for thinking it was for him. Petty…
Former Waipā posties Danny and Ian Kennedy are taking a claim for damages against New Zealand Post to the High Court. The couple sold their Te Awamutu home and moved to the South Island in…
They were regaled with an All Black lock’s story of playing Elephant Polo in northern Thailand and fed a diet of sizzled sausages and health tips. More than 60 people attended the inaugural Menz Shed…
The return this year of the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival promises to be a highlight for the 2024-25 tenure of the club’s new president, Gary Smith. The November 10 festival was launched last week at…
I was amazed recently to discover a photograph dated from the 1930s featuring an old steam locomotive barrelling across one of Waikato’s main streets in Hamilton City. While aware to a degree how steam engines…
Time flies, I am coming up to two years as a first term councillor and it has been an interesting and enlightening experience. On one hand I have been very impressed by the many volunteers…
Naomi Carter was 10 when she contacted the Coast Guard to help her father who was scuba diving and having trouble getting back on the family boat. So, it was a no brainer for her…
