A coin toss could decide who chairs Waikato Regional Council this term, continuing what has been a tumultuous 2022 for the council. Lobbying for the position of chair – the third this year – began…
A coin toss could decide who chairs Waikato Regional Council this term, continuing what has been a tumultuous 2022 for the council. Lobbying for the position of chair – the third this year – began…
Journalist Paul Barlow, who kept Waikato candidates entertained during the local body elections, has lodged a Code of Conduct complaint against Te Awamutu Community Board member Kane Titchener over comments he made to him online….
The organiser of a two-day Armistice event at Lake Karāpiro next month has rejected online criticism the event glorifies war. Armistice committee chair Paul Watkins said some people suggested cancelling the event because of the…
The placement of flax weaved ceiling panels – raranga – at the Hamilton Airport departure gates are designed to calm anxious travellers before they board their airplane. And the Air NZ Hamilton Airport team, from…
The new head at St Peter’s Cambridge has been recruited from Adelaide. Marcus Blackburn, the deputy headmaster and head of senior school at St Peter’s College in Adelaide since late 2019 will become head of…
I hope the first week of term four has gone well. In a recent column, I spoke about supports that were available to parents and caregivers of children and the process for making a report…
Dishonesty offences are on my radar this week, specifically commercial and rural burglaries of which we have had a few in recent weeks. It is common for offenders based outside of Cambridge to come into…
Election comment Well, the great lead-up and excitement heralding last week’s local body elections fizzled out as a damp squib in voter turnout terms. Pitifully low interest was shown – most of which was possibly…
The terms doves and hawks are drawn from foreign policy. Doves take a diplomatic approach to foreign policy problems, hawks favour an aggressive approach. Recently, these terms have been often used often to describe central…
Mike Keir says first things first – the new look Waikato District Council’s first task is about relationships. He and Crystal Beavis – near neighbours in Tamahere – join the council, with new mayor Jacqui…
