A Federated Farmers leader has responded to last week’s story in The News where farmers were encouraged to lobby for better milk prices. Waipā accountant Jarrod Godfrey said Fonterra’s opening milk price forecast for the…
A Federated Farmers leader has responded to last week’s story in The News where farmers were encouraged to lobby for better milk prices. Waipā accountant Jarrod Godfrey said Fonterra’s opening milk price forecast for the…
A record number of dairy farmers and rural professionals have turned out for a milk price hedging workshop. Thirty-two people showed up for the workshop at Fonterra Farm Source, Cambridge, a larger turnout than previous…
Te Awamutu local Corban George-Potterton has won the Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Young Volunteer of the Year Award for 2023 from a pool of 48 RDA groups across New Zealand. He is a Riding…
Two Waipa residents are pinning their hopes on a successful outing at this week’s National Fieldays. One of them is the Cambridge-based chief executive of Brain Tumour Support NZ, Sarah Verran, who hopes the national…
Judy Donovan never came out of the Pureora Forest in late March. She was the subject of an extensive search. Today, speaking exclusively to the King Country News, her daughter tells of the family’s gratitude…
Nora Fu is fighting to bring back cold beer to Pirongia’s Five Stags Restaurant and Bar. Fu, the sole shareholder of the Franklin Street bar and restaurant operator Night Pearl, has been unable to sell…
Alana Thompson decided she was going to be a teacher on her very first day of school, in 1993. “When I turned five, I had the most amazing teacher, Mrs Kitty Higgins,” she said. “She…
Gordon and Heather McInally were so impressed with the Urban Miners recycling operation in Cambridge they intend to take the concept home to Scotland. The couple visited the Cambridge Rotary Club’s star performer, Urban Miners,…
Oh, how things have changed! A 1905 Waikato newspaper unearthed recently by Cambridge man Bill Wilson makes for some interesting comparisons with today’s newspapers. The content and style has changed drastically and so has the…
Waipā activated its Crisis Management team after the controversial Cambridge Connections meeting where mayor Susan O’Regan was allegedly threatened. The drop in meeting about the site for a third bridge over Waikato River -held at…
