Hunter Davis was so wary of overcommitting himself, he almost declined an invitation to join Cambridge High School’s junior jazz band as a year 9 student in 2022. Now, he’s so glad he took the…
Hunter Davis was so wary of overcommitting himself, he almost declined an invitation to join Cambridge High School’s junior jazz band as a year 9 student in 2022. Now, he’s so glad he took the…
For Evelyn Winter, dance is an adrenaline rush. “Backstage, sometimes I feel so nervous I feel like I’m going to be sick,” she said. “But when they call your name, your mind kind of goes…
For Grace Gillanders, committing to a career in the music industry is as terrifying as it is exhilarating. “Sometimes I have self-doubt,” the 17-year-old bass guitarist said. “I think, am I good enough to be…
A retrospective resource consent has been granted to Kiwifruit Investments Ltd to construct crop protection structures and vegetated shelterbelts at 1278 Kaipaki Rd. Public notification was unnecessary, Waipā District Council ruled, because no person is…
Bring back local discussion groups. That’s the message dairy farmers have for DairyNZ’s new chief executive Campbell Parker and chair Tracy Brown. The industry good organisation took local discussion groups online during the pandemic and…
Trade tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all imported goods could follow the re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. In a report going to Federated Farmers Waikato Executive…
A come-and-go lake near Raglan has been declared the oldest in New Zealand. Lake Disappear – Mokaikaraka – is in a valley near Bridal Veil Falls dammed by lava flow 2.33 million years ago. It…
The Don’t Burn Waipā lobby group has asked the dairy industry to speak out against plans for a waste-to-energy plant in Te Awamutu. Don’t Burn Waipā spokesperson Eoin Fitzpatrick has written to dairy co-operative Fonterra…
A dismal voter return and a worsening database has newly elected Waipā Networks Trust members so worried they have called for an investigation into how to improve things for the next election in three years….
Zach Macaskill-Smith, whose original film ‘The Case’ raised $2000 for charity this year, has won St Peter’s Cambridge’s International Baccalaureate (IB) dux award. The IB Diploma is an NCEA alternative, allowing students to achieve an…
