Local Elections 2025

My retirement village resident activities last week took me to Wellington to the Beehive – not the apiary version. For a day we discussed matters pertaining to the welfare of the almost 50,000 people who…

Mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has fired the opening salvo in the race for the top job by saying if elected, he would “build a bridge” across the Waikato River. The need for a third bridge…

Ousted Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington is back on the hustings and is promising to have a team to challenge for seats. Rimmington, a former Hamilton mayor, was thought a year ago to have…

Public health officials have revealed why they told Waipā District Council to fluoridate Cambridge’s water supply and not other towns or villages. It simply came down to size and was a numbers’ game, the health…

Two more candidates have put their hands up for the Waipā mayoralty. But only Bernard Westerbaan’s nomination had been acknowledged by elections.nz when this edition went to press. Kihikihi based Westerbaan, a ratepayers group member…

Kia ora candidates As part of our election coverage, we are seeking to understand Waipā candidates’ views across a multitude of issues. We will use the results from questions we put to you to present…

Waipā needs astute, strategic and well-informed leaders for what chief executive Garry Dyet describes as a “pivotal time” to be an elected representative in the district. “We need people who will put the time and…

  The results of our online survey are in. Susan O’Regan was a runaway winner for mayor in The News’ first online poll of the local body elections. But the result shows she proved more…

Nominations have opened across the country for school board elections. With the closing date for submissions approaching, Matteo Di Maio talked to two departing Cambridge school board members about their time in the role and…