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A supreme disruptor

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…

Parking limit review to start

Waipā District Council has listened to community calls to double the parking time limit in Te Awamutu from one to two hours on a trial basis before Christmas. So far, 246 cars have been recorded…

Waipā takes $57m hit

The cost to upgrade wastewater treatment plants in Te Awamutu and Leamington have soared to an unbudgeted $57 million. News the costs for Te Awamutu Wastewater Treatment Plant had gone up from $19 million to…

Mighty way to celebrate summer

It was billed as the biggest celebration of summer and the 15,761 people – not counting exhibitors and participants – who attended over two days at the weekend were happy to endorse that. Organisers have…

Council rejects fluoride plea

Waipā District Council is ignoring Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s request to push back against the Director General of Health’s directive to introduce fluoride to Cambridge water. Board deputy chair Kane Titchener asked the council to…

The tax debate

My neighbour Michael was telling me about his rental properties and how the tenants are paying them off. The discussion raised some questions. The Bright Line Test – is it a legitimate investment policy –…

Kiwifruit consent granted

A retrospective resource consent has been granted to Kiwifruit Investments Ltd to construct crop protection structures and vegetated shelterbelts at 1278 Kaipaki Rd. Public notification was unnecessary, Waipā District Council ruled, because no person is…

Call to return to ‘old school’

Bring back local discussion groups. That’s the message dairy farmers have for DairyNZ’s new chief executive Campbell Parker and chair Tracy Brown. The industry good organisation took local discussion groups online during the pandemic and…

World order is changing

Trade tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all imported goods could follow the re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. In a report going to Federated Farmers Waikato Executive…

Waipā’s own home and leisure show

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