The placement of flax weaved ceiling panels – raranga – at the Hamilton Airport departure gates are designed to calm anxious travellers before they board their airplane. And the Air NZ Hamilton Airport team, from…
The placement of flax weaved ceiling panels – raranga – at the Hamilton Airport departure gates are designed to calm anxious travellers before they board their airplane. And the Air NZ Hamilton Airport team, from…
The new head at St Peter’s Cambridge has been recruited from Adelaide. Marcus Blackburn, the deputy headmaster and head of senior school at St Peter’s College in Adelaide since late 2019 will become head of…
I hope the first week of term four has gone well. In a recent column, I spoke about supports that were available to parents and caregivers of children and the process for making a report…
Election comment Well, the great lead-up and excitement heralding last week’s local body elections fizzled out as a damp squib in voter turnout terms. Pitifully low interest was shown – most of which was possibly…
Mike Keir says first things first – the new look Waikato District Council’s first task is about relationships. He and Crystal Beavis – near neighbours in Tamahere – join the council, with new mayor Jacqui…
Four didn’t stand, four were voted out, two were returned unopposed – and just four were voted back into power in a day of change for the Waikato Regional Council. Clyde Graf overcame unwanted reminders…
Obituary Te Awamutu’s Delysse Storey understood, through personal interest and study the historic importance of the phrase “Lest we Forget”. Herbert Farrant, President New Zealand Military Historical Society, pays tribute to Delysse Storey, who died…
He had been treated well by Hamilton voters, I suggested to Russ Rimmington on Saturday night. They might have dumped him twice – finally last weekend – but they had also consistently backed the Tamahere…
Waipā District Council (Final results in full below) Susan O’Regan Andrew Brown Lou Brown Phillip Coles Roger Gordon Marcus Gower Mike Montgomerie Mike Pettit Takena Stirling Liz Stolwyk Clare St Pierre Bruce Thomas Waikato Regional…
Takena Stirling will be the first to represent Māori on Waipā’s newest ward. The 38-year-old commercial lawyer and soon to be councillor picked up more than half of the Māori ward’s 552 votes when voting…
