The councillor who has been given a signficant pay rise following a reshuffle around the council table has said he is not worth it. Mike Montgomerie told the council meeting today the increase, which took…
The councillor who has been given a signficant pay rise following a reshuffle around the council table has said he is not worth it. Mike Montgomerie told the council meeting today the increase, which took…
Update February 22, 12pm Cambridge ward member Roger Gordon remains the lowest paid elected councillor following mayor Susan O’Regan’s decision to change committee membership while Mike Montgomerie is now the highest paid councillor – ahead…
The tense relationship between police, liquor licensing officials and Cambridge Raceway over the drunken behaviour of patrons two years ago was laid bare at a hearing this week. At stake is the renewal of the…
A 34-page memo from Delivery Performance manager Sherryn Paterson in an open forum last week helped Waipā councillors decide a seven council regional organisation was the better option for the district. Her memo was also…
Soil moisture levels are now plummeting as a dry February starts to bite. The Waikato and South Auckland Primary Industry Adverse Event Cluster core group convened on February 11 to collectively review conditions and intel…
Farmers have only weeks to wait to learn the extent of a Waikato Regional Council water quality plan change on their operations. As they wait for the final version of Plan Change One to fall…
Waipā District Council looks set to make some radical changes to its District Plan to accommodate the burgeoning kiwifruit and horticulture industry. Proposed changes include reducing road and internal boundary setbacks for protective structures over…
Antifluoride campaigner and local body politician Kane Titchener is celebrating New Zealand First’s call for a referendum to review the move to put decisions over fluoride into the Ministry of Health’s court. Winston Peters accepted…
One of the leading lights behind the restoration of Kihikihi’s Alpha Hotel has come out in favour of a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu. Bill Harris is Hamilton based but is a member…
True Islam New Zealand held their first Holy Qur’an Exhibition in Te Awamutu at the Burchell Pavilion on Saturday. The Auckland-based organisation has run these events for 12 years and two or three held across…
