Five months ago, Roger Gordon posed for a series of photos with Cambridge photographer Michael Jeans which he planned to use for his district council election campaign. But in a misunderstanding with his computer filing…
Five months ago, Roger Gordon posed for a series of photos with Cambridge photographer Michael Jeans which he planned to use for his district council election campaign. But in a misunderstanding with his computer filing…
The Pirongia Community Board allocated $17,000 in discretionary funds last week. The board had almost $29,000 in its uncommitted funds to allocate, and 16 applicants sought a total of $32,413. Plunket was allocated the biggest…
The Prime Minister’s chief science advisor has told Waipā District Council the amount of fluoride going into Cambridge’s water supply is a safe level. Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard was responding to a call from the…
Forty people have paid their deposits and put their names forward for seats on the Waipā council or community boards. So why should we vote for them? Here are the reasons why in their own…
This is indeed a tumultuous month with the international scene overshadowed by the sad passing of a wonder lady, mother and world leader. The media from around the world is showering us with completely understandable…
Te Awamutu’s skatepark – the first of four new skate and parkour facilities to be completed in the district – will have an official opening on Saturday from 10am to 12:30pm at Centennial Park. The…
Kiwis are paying more for kai – and throwing more of it away. A new survey shows that Kiwi households are wasting $1500 of kai every year – a 4.8 per cent increase from last…
As councils consider an application for a plant to turn trash into energy near Te Awamutu, Benjamin Wilson talks to someone who advocates a system which concentrates on not creating waste in the first place. …
This week I took the unusual step of challenging the comments made by an election candidate. Responding to our lead story last week explaining how Waipā District Council’s chief executive Garry Dyet had warned of…
Three of them want to be the first person elected as the Māori ward representative for Waipā – but this race is setting new benchmarks in courtesy. Chivalry was the order of the evening when…
