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Looking at bank profits

Pressure is building up for a formal inquiry into bank profitability in New Zealand. Two things are driving this. First, the level of profits of the New Zealand banks is higher than in most other…

The Parable of the Pigeons…

I watched with interest when a fake owl was placed on top of a building in Cambridge near my office in town. It was put there to frighten away pigeons who had colonised this high…

Audit rebuke for council

Audit New Zealand has rapped Waipā District Council over the knuckles in its annual Management Report for approving expenses to the chief executive and mayor without the proper authority. Update Friday March 17: Some sentences…

Rowers in the medals

Waipā rowers won six golds at last weekend’s North island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships in glorious weather on Lake Karāpiro. St Peters, Te Awamutu College and Cambridge High featured in more than 70 races over…

Showing how it’s done

Forty per cent of the people who attend an Owl Farm public open day at St Peter’s School in Cambridge have never been on a dairy farm in their lives. And Jo Sheridan revels in…

Ethical investing on the rise

A talk delivered in Cambridge last week inadvertently championed ‘the teacher effect’ as much as it did its central topic of ethical investing. Carey Church generated much interest with her address to the March U3A…

Waste generated equates to a ‘polar bear’ per person

Waipā residents generate around 500kg of waste each per year, about the weight of a mid-sized polar bear. But at least half of that shouldn’t end up in landfill at all and mayor Susan O’Regan…

More catches to report

As you will have seen from my last two columns, I think it’s important to give you an idea of what your local Police are involved in and the good outcomes we achieve to keep…

Runners answer the dawn call

Out of the mist – runners enjoyed the opportunity to run the length of Hamilton’s runway. Photo: Roy Pilott A record turnout, and a record time. Rotary’s annual run Run the Runway fundraiser was tagged…

Boards agree to awa restoration funding

  The Boards of Watercare and the Waikato River Authority have agreed on how restoration funding from Watercare will be used to protect the awa over the next 20 years. This funding arises from a…

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