It’s a tale of two councils – Waipā and Waitomo. One ranks third-highest in the country for rate increases at 15.5 per cent, while the other sits near the bottom at just 2.91 per cent….
It’s a tale of two councils – Waipā and Waitomo. One ranks third-highest in the country for rate increases at 15.5 per cent, while the other sits near the bottom at just 2.91 per cent….
It stops again ….. 15 July 2025 Clock fails again Cambridge’s Town Clock is back up and running after a power outage over the weekend caused the weights to run to the end of their…
ACT Local has selected Andrew Pickford — a former international airline captain who now runs a family farm and local businesses — as its candidate for the Tamahere-Woodlands Ward of the Waikato District Council in…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan says pausing the council’s Long Term Plan (LTP) process last year in favour of a one-year one was wrong. She made the comments ahead of three days of LTP hearings, which…
We are now just over three months away from the Local Body elections. Voters will be invited to the polls from September 9 to October 11 to elect regional and district councillors and community board…
The 2025 local body elections are fast approaching, so candidates need to be planning how they’ll market themselves to their community. Running for local office is as much about visibility as it is about policy….
A political ticket is set to launch on the local government scene and eight candidates are all but confirmed to stand in three of the five Waipā wards. Better Waipā will focus on key issues…
Sleepy Hollow is slowly awakening to the thunderous interest of the upcoming triennial local body elections. Or is it (again) a quiet whisper that drifts by in October? Either way, once again, we are to…
A surprise $2.5 million surplus sparked a stoush among Waikato regional councillors last week resulting in chair Pamela Storey using her casting vote to block a proposal to return the funds to ratepayers. The debate,…
Former Waikato District councillor Aksel Bech has announced a second, all-or-nothing bid for the mayoralty, citing skyrocketing rates and a need for systemic change in local government. “Rates unaffordability has reached a tipping point,” Bech…
