Are they for or against fluoride? Do they think Waipā is being run well? What do they make of the Voices for Freedom Movement which is offering to support candidates and who are members of…
Are they for or against fluoride? Do they think Waipā is being run well? What do they make of the Voices for Freedom Movement which is offering to support candidates and who are members of…
Good Local editor Roy Pilott has refuted suggestions that a mayoral candidate colluded with one of the newspaper’s journalists to present information which was not publicly available. Pilott said the figures in question were obtained…
Well, the local body hustings season is upon us. The aspirants for high office have been declared and their photos were shown last week. Colourful hoardings will start to appear, and many people will make…
They were one of the biggest talking points from The News last week. The head and shoulder photos of election candidates – published exclusively in The News – generated a great deal of discussion about…
Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet and three other high-profile type one diabetics are calling on Pharmac to increase its funding for them and the country’s 28,000 other sufferers. They say the investment would…
Pharmac has not ruled out funding equipment for type one diabetics while groups like Diabetes New Zealand say the country is already facing a crisis. Earlier this year Diabetes New Zealand called on the government…
Karāpiro is watching one of the biggest hydro upgrades the Waikato River has seen – and The News has been given a tour to see how work to improve its energy generation is progressing. For…
The office has now reopened 22 August 5.23pm Waipā District Council staff received a threat by telephone this afternoon from a person in relation to a dog issue. As per normal process, council advised police…
The annual attack on rooks in the Waikato region is underway – and the regional council says it is in catch up mode. In recent years the council’s control programme has reduced numbers of the…
Rural communities are suffering through a lack of access to decent health services, it is dangerous and it is time something was done about it says Rural Women New Zealand. “The health and wellbeing of…
