Federated Farmers is urging the Environmental Protection Authority to fast track the assessment of new treatments to fight New Zealand’s biggest agricultural pest. Native scarab beetle costelytra giveni, commonly known as native grass grub, costs…
Federated Farmers is urging the Environmental Protection Authority to fast track the assessment of new treatments to fight New Zealand’s biggest agricultural pest. Native scarab beetle costelytra giveni, commonly known as native grass grub, costs…
Founding member of the Waipā Holstein Friesian Club, Brian Knutson, is tickled pink with the honorary life membership award bestowed on him at the club’s recent 50th jubilee celebrations. The retired farmer, who became the…
The doubling of resource consent application costs led to the suspension of Global Contracting Solutions resource consent application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu, the applicant says. Paeriwa waste-to-energy plant project…
Two Waikato regional councillors and chief executive Chris McLay attended the recent Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference in Christchurch. The council was a member of LGNZ at the time of the conference because even…
Halfway through her first year as St Peter’s Catholic School principal, Nicole Higby is reflecting on how lucky she – and St Peter’s – really is. Results in the 2025 school board elections come out…
Horahora School’s principal Shannon Buckle has found her happy place. “I feel like this is the place that I am meant to be,” she said. Buckle took the role at the beginning of this year,…
St John members from around the district were celebrated at Sunday’s Waipā and King Country Service Awards ceremony in Te Awamutu. Recipients were commended by Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan for their years of service to…
The names are in. The aspirants are known for the 2025 Waipā Council Steeplechase. Yes, that three-yearly event where experience and wannabees go head-to-head to attract your attention. In Cambridge three sitting councillors seek a…
The 2028 local body elections could be run by the Electoral Commission if wide-sweeping changes recommended by a Local Government NZ electoral reform working group are adopted. But for this year’s election, two private companies…
Lake Te Koo Utu, once a place of peace and pride in the heart of Cambridge, is now in quiet crisis. Its waters continue to decline – clouded not just by sediment, but by a…
