Tamahere residents have been given a different take on why they should support the retention of Waikato District Council’s Māori wards. Ngāruawāhia based Tilly Turner will be returned unopposed to the council’s Tai Runga Māori…
Tamahere residents have been given a different take on why they should support the retention of Waikato District Council’s Māori wards. Ngāruawāhia based Tilly Turner will be returned unopposed to the council’s Tai Runga Māori…
Waipā district mayoral candidates were governed by a red squeaky toy at a meeting last Thursday. And for the second time in a row, sitting mayor Susan O’Regan topped an informal poll. Te Awamutu Business…
Those involved in developing an ecological corridor linking Maungatautari to Mt Pirongia are renewing efforts to extend the project from its initial five-year timeline into the future. The Taiea te Taiao Ecological Corridor project launched…
A Waikato-based climate scientist says ‘no way’ should New Zealand pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. “It’s a nonsensical premise to even consider, and just clickbait from certain politicians to even raise…
Waikato has Māori wards at Waikato regional council level, in the Waipā, Waikato and Ōtorohanga districts and Hamilton city. Good Local Media neighbours – Ruapehu, Matamata-Piako and Taupō districts also have them. Leaders of those…
It’s a caterer’s worst nightmare – more people turned up than expected. Organisers were delighted nonetheless on Sunday at the Battle of Britain concert in the Cambridge Town Hall put on jointly by the Cambridge…
Schools from across Waikato and King Country brought their environmental education learning to Cambridge last week for the Enviroschools Conservation Week event. Students from Te Miro, Kio Kio, Te Awamutu, Paterangi, Wharepapa South, Te Pahu,…
The hustings drama moves on towards what I hope will be a more interesting and voter-filled completion. The candidates have been criss-crossing the district making promises that the bulk of them are not capable of…
Whether it was Shirley Julian’s sausage rolls and carrot cake supplied to celebrate her 95th birthday or the promise of a cracking mayoral debate, the reason for the crowd is debatable. But what is certain…
The award-winning charity Kids in Need Waikato has announced plans for a new ownership structure to secure its future. It has launched The Legacy Project, a campaign aimed at moving from renting to purchasing its…
