The government has provided a one-off funding injection of $750,000 over three years to the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary. The Sanctuary – a popular tourist destination in the Waikato region – is home to native…
The government has provided a one-off funding injection of $750,000 over three years to the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary. The Sanctuary – a popular tourist destination in the Waikato region – is home to native…
Antifluoride campaigner and local body politician Kane Titchener is celebrating New Zealand First’s call for a referendum to review the move to put decisions over fluoride into the Ministry of Health’s court. Winston Peters accepted…
Farmers have only weeks to wait to learn the extent of a Waikato Regional Council water quality plan change on their operations. As they wait for the final version of Plan Change One to fall…
Longtime volunteer Zelda Nortje has taken over the reins of Lovings Arms, which has supported thousands of parents and caregivers across the Waikato. Since 2014, the Te Awamutu-based charity helped more than 6000 babies and…
Waipā District Council looks set to make some radical changes to its District Plan to accommodate the burgeoning kiwifruit and horticulture industry. Proposed changes include reducing road and internal boundary setbacks for protective structures over…
Doris Vosper, known to many as ‘Dee’, was a transformative piano teacher in her day, a woman whose passion for music touched many people in and around Cambridge. DORIS ‘DEE’ VOSPER: 12.10.1929 – 30.1.2025 Her…
Concert pianist Michael Houstoun and blues singer-songwriter Hammond Gamble have been confirmed for next month’s Cambridge Autumn Festival. The pair will perform on consecutive nights at The Woolshed in Te Awa Lifecare Village. This will…
They call them destination playgrounds for a reason, people want to go there. These premium places cater for the wider community not just children in the immediate neighbourhood offering more than just physical activity and…
Help is on the horizon for local teachers desperate for more resources to support students with special learning needs. Education minister Erica Stanford, who visited Cambridge Middle School and Goodwood School on Friday, says teachers…
A 34-page memo from Delivery Performance manager Sherryn Paterson in an open forum last week helped Waipā councillors decide a seven council regional organisation was the better option for the district. Her memo was also…
