Waipā District Council has too many elected members and should reduce the numbers to attract people with the skill sets the district needs. The call comes from Susan O’Regan, who chairs the council’s Strategic Planning…
Waipā District Council has too many elected members and should reduce the numbers to attract people with the skill sets the district needs. The call comes from Susan O’Regan, who chairs the council’s Strategic Planning…
Just over 1500 submissions were received on Waipā District Council’s ’s draft 2021-2031 Long Term Plan, the Council’s most important planning tool for setting direction, projects, services and budgets. A total of 65 submitters and…
Watching the Waipā District Council Long-Term Plan deliberations, senior writer Mary Anne Gill was impressed at how councillor Susan O’Regan chaired the meetings, so she decided to find out more about the woman whose political…
Waikato Regional Council will roll out more Te Huia train services – and sooner – in response to public feedback on its long term plan. It’s one of a number of decisions made during deliberations…
National Party deputy leader Dr Shane Reti says men battling prostate cancer should talk openly about it and it is time the disease was as much in the public eye as melanoma. Dr Reti was…
Hazel Barnes has spent almost two decades as a Waipā District Councillor – now she is planning to take on a different challenge. The outspoken octogenarian, who revealed she planned ot stand down in 2022…
Closed circuit TV cameras and monitors, duress pendants and buttons, strobes, lockdown devices and sirens are set to be installed at Waipā District Council facilities to combat aggressive behaviour. Some equipment has already been put…
When Finance Minister Grant Robertson stood to deliver the Budget May 20 in Parliament, he did so wearing a burgundy tie hand-crafted in Waipā by Claire Nieuwoudt and gifted to him by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Earlier that day, in a Facebook Live seen…
The formal consultation phase of Ōtorohanga District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021 – 2031, came to a close on Monday and feedback from the community has been positive. Ōtorohanga Mayor Max Baxter said he was…
Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger and members of the Ōtorohanga District Council were among guests given a special tour of Ōtorohanga Museum earlier last week. They were hosted on Monday evening by members of the…
