The doubling of resource consent application costs led to the suspension of Global Contracting Solutions resource consent application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu, the applicant says. Paeriwa waste-to-energy plant project…
The doubling of resource consent application costs led to the suspension of Global Contracting Solutions resource consent application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu, the applicant says. Paeriwa waste-to-energy plant project…
Halfway through her first year as St Peter’s Catholic School principal, Nicole Higby is reflecting on how lucky she – and St Peter’s – really is. Results in the 2025 school board elections come out…
Horahora School’s principal Shannon Buckle has found her happy place. “I feel like this is the place that I am meant to be,” she said. Buckle took the role at the beginning of this year,…
The title above is the theme of an international painting competition organised by ‘Mayors for Peace’, a worldwide group of local body leaders representing cities and regions around the world. It’s open to young artists…
St John members from around the district were celebrated at Sunday’s Waipā and King Country Service Awards ceremony in Te Awamutu. Recipients were commended by Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan for their years of service to…
The names are in. The aspirants are known for the 2025 Waipā Council Steeplechase. Yes, that three-yearly event where experience and wannabees go head-to-head to attract your attention. In Cambridge three sitting councillors seek a…
The 2028 local body elections could be run by the Electoral Commission if wide-sweeping changes recommended by a Local Government NZ electoral reform working group are adopted. But for this year’s election, two private companies…
Lake Te Koo Utu, once a place of peace and pride in the heart of Cambridge, is now in quiet crisis. Its waters continue to decline – clouded not just by sediment, but by a…
Pat O’Connor could see potential written all over the modest two bedroom brick house on the corner of Cambridge’s busiest roundabout when he bought it for $1 million four years ago. Built in the 1940s…
*Clarifying an additional 4000 homes, taking it through to 63,000. John Kennedy is in awe of the people who, more than 75 years ago, designed and built hydro dams on the Waikato River. At a…
