Here we go again – encouraging voters to take an interest in the running of their districts. The candidates will be known tomorrow afternoon and after voting forms are posted from September 9, voting will…
Here we go again – encouraging voters to take an interest in the running of their districts. The candidates will be known tomorrow afternoon and after voting forms are posted from September 9, voting will…
Candidate withdraws Fabio Rodrigues has withdrawn as a Waikato district mayoral candidate throwing his support behind former deputy mayor Aksel Bech’s second all or nothing bid to be mayor and oust incumbent Jacqui Church. Rodrigues,…
Correction: The person pictured at the Local Government New Zealand conference awards dinner was Beca chief executive Amelia Linzey, not Ngā Iwi Toopu o Waipā’s Maria Huata (Kirikiriroa Kaunihera). The News apologises for the error….
The ever-patient editor of this worthy news sheet has asked me to pause my freely wandering opinion piece programme for several weeks to allow me to concentrate on matters pertaining to the forthcoming local body…
A local government electoral reform group recommendation – endorsed by councils nationwide – can be traced back to The News article published after the 2022 election, which revealed Waipā ratepayers paid a Christchurch company $9.23…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan launched her re-election campaign this week, announcing that if elected, it would be her final term in office. She revealed she nearly decided not to stand again due to the toll…
Stop Press 23 July 11am Waikato Regional Council is back as a member of Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) after chair Pamela Storey used her casting vote to reverse a decision to leave made last…
STOP PRESS Waipa wins the Super Engaged – Tū Hononga Award for ‘Ahu Ake, Waipā Community Spatial Plan’. Ahu Ake is Waipā District Council’s bold, 30+ year vision shaped hand-in-hand with mana whenua and the…
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…
