Penelope Roberts is putting her skills where her mouth is and making a difference in people’s lives by volunteering to provide life-changing dentistry. The Waipā-based dentist has just returned from Ruatōria with Trinity Koha Dental…
Penelope Roberts is putting her skills where her mouth is and making a difference in people’s lives by volunteering to provide life-changing dentistry. The Waipā-based dentist has just returned from Ruatōria with Trinity Koha Dental…
Woes that thwarted the previous Waikato Regional Council in the debating chamber look set to continue. Nine discretionary committees were selected at the new council’s first meeting – but it took six hours and 15…
A little township near Whanganui has been in the process of having its original name reinstated. Following a long process of discussion between local Māori, regional authorities and people in the township, public submissions revealed…
The plan for Karāpiro has taken at least one Waipā councillor by surprise but another who works there says the community has felt disconnected for years. Ahu Ake Waipā Community Spatial Plan has picked up…
Within 30 years Ōhaupō will be a small town growing to the north and Karāpiro will have a new school in a thriving village hub. The suggestions are two of several scenarios in Ahu Ake,…
Te Awamutu Intermediate students were pictured just before their performance at last week’s Celebrating Waipā event at Karāpiro. Guests joined mayor Susan O’Regan, councillors and community board members at the Don Rowlands Centre for the…
It was Fieldays, but not as you know it. Or was it? Fog greeted Auckland visitors as they headed over the Bombay Hills towards the Waikato this morning and heavy rain meant gumboots were the…
Next week our roads will be under strain as drivers will arrive at – and depart from – a warmer edition of Fieldays. That annual – now in its 54th year – event that brings…
Two reports I saw this week reinforced how poor the performance of the New Zealand public sector is these days. First, a warning of widespread failings in the public accountability of government agencies. In an…
Courtney Duncan’s build up to the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton couldn’t go much better. The swimmer turned powerlifter is setting personal bests with just a couple of weeks to go to the…
