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Safety message on the water

Water safety agencies are calling on people to take care on the Waikato River this summer, particularly around dams and lakes in the Waipā and…

Wintec announces reprieve

Wintec has back tracked on plans to close several of its courses and lay off staff following a public outcry from the arts community and…

Coromandel says no deal

Thames-Coromandel District Council has voted not to sign the non-binding Waikato Water Done Well agreement exploring establishing a joint Waikato council-controlled organisation to deliver water…

Views from the past

King Country landscapes by three of New Zealand’s most revered artists are part of the Timeline: Waikato Art 1850 to 2000 in the reopened Te…

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Thousands queue for Tryathlon

A post-event review will be held to work out how to improve access and transit times to a huge competition at a Cambridge venue which…

‘It’s truly magnificent’

They say Ōhaupō’s new stables match anything in Kentucky. Mary Anne Gill checks out Breckon Farm. A Waikato horse breeding legend has described Breckon Farm’s…

Now ear this

Waipā boxer Floyd Masson took to social media to show off a cauliflower ear after his points loss to Polish boxer  Mateusz Masternak last weekend….

Bowlers ride to the rescue

Bowlers have raised $1100 for Te Awamutu’s Riding for the Disabled organisation. Kihikihi Bowling Club’s latest tournament was a departure from the norm, in that…

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Why we need social sciences

As a scientist who studies the world we live in and how it impacts us, I deeply value the social sciences. It is human involvement…

The phantom reverend

When Mrs Harvey, widow of Presbyterian minister Reverend Harvey, washed up penniless and vulnerable in Sydney in 1924, it struck a chord with Te Awamutu…

Treasures on earth

In Matthew’s gospel, Chapter 6, Jesus teaches: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and thieves break in…

Aotearoa’s night of terror

Early in the morning of 10 June 1886, surveyor John Rochfort in Kihikihi experienced a bizarre show on the horizon beyond Maungatautari. “I was awakened…