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Jetstar off The first international passenger flight in 13 years was due to arrive at Hamilton sometime before 11am today from Sydney. Jetstar flight JQ165, with Waipa mayor Susan O’Regan, her Hamilton counterpart Paula Southgate,…

Silver lining for builder Jack

Waipa teenager Jack Mathis placed second in the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice challenge national final at Claudelands Event Centre last week. A third-year apprentice, Mathis works in Tīrau for TOC Builders, owned by his…

Taupō still in water done well equation

Taupō District Council will benefit from shared services even if it does not hand its drinking and waste water infrastructure over to the Waikato Water Done Well council-controlled water organisation. The council prefers retaining control…

Feds review plan change

Waikato Federated Farmers is poring through the Environment Court’s 376-page interim decision on Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change One. “Our team are now working through the detail to understand what additional requirements, if any, might…

Scout Tristan hones his skills

Cambridge based scout Tristan Wang spent the weekend serving others. The 14-year-old Cambridge High School pupil and senior team leader at Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group worked alongside adult scout kaiarahi, or leaders, to…

Vandalism – who is to blame?

Counter claims of vandalism have further soured relations between Waipā District Council and one of its community boards and an independent park maintenance committee. The committee ignored council plans to replace  wooden benches dating back…

The name debate

Readers of both the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News have responded negatively to a decision to ignore a European name for a Māori one in a new subdivision west of Cambridge. The Marsden family…

Next phase for graduates

Fifteen women who have experienced family harm have taken the first steps towards reclaiming a violence-free future through the ‘I Am Me’ pilot programme run in Cambridge earlier this year. They are the first to…

Cycling crash: driver sentenced

A road rage incident which left a Paralympian with serious injuries has resulted in a man being sentenced to 12 months of supervision, and two months of community detention. Brian David Mills, 57, of Tamahere…

MP recounts debate emotion

Deputy speaker Barbara Kuriger has revealed how emotional she felt in Parliament last week while she was sitting in the Speaker’s chair during the debate on punishments for three Te Pāti Māori members. The Taranaki-King…

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