Nominations have opened across the country for school board elections. With the closing date for submissions approaching, Matteo Di Maio talked to two departing Cambridge school board members about their time in the role and…
Nominations have opened across the country for school board elections. With the closing date for submissions approaching, Matteo Di Maio talked to two departing Cambridge school board members about their time in the role and…
His wife describes him as a cat with nine lives. “And she says I’ve used all of them up,” he said. A stroppy horse flipped over backwards while he was riding it. He watched the…
Waka Kotahi is under attack from enraged motorists following the road transport authority’s decision to implement a programme of safety improvements at Tamahere, the day after it opened the Waikato Expressway Hamilton section. The bottle…
Only one Waipā elected representative has claimed a childcare allowance payable to all councillors and community board members since 2019. Cambridge Community Board member Elise Badger, a solo parent of two children aged seven and…
One of the first Māori to serve on a Waipā District Council committee says the experience and lessons learned have prompted him to put his name forward for the council. Bill Harris, 63, submitted his…
We are now in election mode – welcome to the season where candidates put up their signs, come looking for your votes by door knocking and seek out photo opportunities. Elections give residents a vital…
When Dawn Ivil died in 2017, her family honoured her wishes and interred her ashes in Leamington Cemetery’s natural burial section. Natural burials in Waipā are only available at Leamington but recent feedback, following revelations…
Cambridge Library turned 150 last week but staff were too busy to make a fuss – other than cut a birthday cake – as they were issuing books and signing up new members. The library…
Cambridge youth MPs Meghana Gaddam and Sophia Goodrich travelled to the Beehive this week for New Zealand’s 10th youth parliament. Gaddam represented Waikato MP Tim van de Molen, and Goodrich represented Taupō MP Louise Upston….
People on the Māori roll for general elections have been automatically switched to Māori ward rolls for October’s local body elections. But no one has thought to actually tell them. The decision impacts on 35…
