Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and chief executive Steph O’Sullivan attended the World Business Forum’s two-day conference in Sydney, Australia last week. Organised by World of Business Ideas (WOBI) in major cities across the globe, the…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and chief executive Steph O’Sullivan attended the World Business Forum’s two-day conference in Sydney, Australia last week. Organised by World of Business Ideas (WOBI) in major cities across the globe, the…
The rural economy – and potentially its major service towns – is about to get a shot in the arm. The region’s dairy farmers will receive an extra $65 million if Fonterra delivers on its…
I recently attended a Business Chamber event hosted by Waipā District Council. It was a fantastic environment to connect with other community leaders, counicl staff, and hear from Mayor Susan as she introduced the new…
In Aotearoa we have an incredible array of cities by the ocean, near lakes or mountains, and in some cases, on or in volcanoes. Did you know that Lake Rotorua (Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe)…
Don’t fund Don’t Burn Waipa. That was the message Waipa District Council strategy group manager Kirsty Downey told Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board last week. The board was considering a raft of funding applications for money…
Pirongia School’s stompingly-good jump jammers won big at this month’s Jump Jam Nationals in Tauranga. Soon after winning the Year 7-8 Strictly Open division, the school’s ‘Bewitching Pirongia’ team heard it had scored the highest…
Family was at the heart of Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade annual awards evening on Saturday. Whānau was recognised in speeches, and spouses were at the side of their other halves when awards were presented. …
Grey Ormsby is buzzing because he did not listen to his father. A quarter of a century after Waitomo Group founder Desmond Ormsby advised his son Grey to exit the fuel supply industry the company…
Dream come true Vitor Fabris of Brazil described taking the oath as a new Kiwi as a “dream come true” when he and his family – now living in Te Awamutu – became New Zealand…
Staff and students at Waikato’s century-old polytechnic have been told jobs and courses will have to go to make the institution – which lost $19.4 million last year – financially viable. The impact will be…
