It’s been more than 23 years since champion thoroughbred racehorse Ethereal thundered down Flemington Racecourse’s final straight on November 6, 2001, streaking past Give The Slip in a thrilling finish to win the Melbourne Cup….
It’s been more than 23 years since champion thoroughbred racehorse Ethereal thundered down Flemington Racecourse’s final straight on November 6, 2001, streaking past Give The Slip in a thrilling finish to win the Melbourne Cup….
Parlez-vous français? Perhaps not, but hundreds of locals now do thanks in part to a decade of classes run by a couple of women passionate about the language. February marks the start of a new…
Rod Beare thought nothing of it when there was a knock on his front door about 10.30pm. Somebody must need help, he thought, and sure enough it was a young man who said he had…
Tuesday 4 February Two youths will appear in the Tauranga Youth Court tomorrow (Wednesday) charged with two burglaries and two unlawful takes of a motor vehicle. Police executed a search warrant in Tauranga earlier today…
Horse racing in the Waikato is a $505 million industry employing more than 6200 people and it is about to undergo radical change, reports senior writer Mary Anne Gill. When Andrew ‘Butch’ Castles says…
Tom Roa has cast a vote of confidence in the refreshed compilation of the Waitangi Tribunal. He did not have his warrant renewed this month when Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced a new line…
Incoming Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaiwhakatere chief executive Evie O’Brien says she is excited and humbled to be appointed. O’Brien was welcomed back to Te Awamutu head office on Tuesday with a pōwhiri. “It has what…
There was much more to Judy Bannon than her upright posture and elegant attire… or even her involvement with local council. JUDY BANNON 20-12-1946 – 19-1-2025 Those at her funeral last week heard she came…
Merger on cards? Waikato Chamber of Commerce has ramped up calls for local body mergers saying rocketing rate rises and central government pressure is hitting ratepayers in the pocket. The region’s 12 councils for 536,200…
It is Mykal Dimond-Grey’s birthday. A morning tea shout, birthday card and a rousing version of Happy Birthday puts a beaming grin on his face. His work colleagues at Achievement House in Cambridge surround him…
