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Bats get the benefit

A Waipā District Council plan change going operative on Monday will help the endangered long-tailed pekapeka native bat. And it can’t come soon enough for Waikato Regional Airport boss Mark Morgan who said the ratepayer…

News …. in brief

Rates set Waipā District Council’s Enhanced Annual Plan and Development Contributions policy was adopted this week. It authorises the council to levy ratepayers $99 million and borrowings of $105 million in the financial year starting…

Effigy, abuse, threats

Words matter, and using derogatory terms that are vulgar and disrespectful to the disability community just to get attention is not acceptable, says Disability Issues minister Louise Upston. She was responding to comments made by…

Waitomo pulls plug

Waitomo will quit a Smart Water partnership it had with Hamilton city and Waipā district councils from the end of next January. It’s a financial decision, Waitomo CEO Ben Smit said. “Really we weren’t getting…

News ….. in brief

Karāpiro contract The budget for the Karāpiro Domain management contract was increased by $282,000 in November last year – to reflect the increase in costs – as part of the public excluded section of Waipa…

Seven up for Ryla awards

Seven young Cambridge men and women have been given a career leg-up through acceptance into the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. They are Laura Findlay, Raj Goswami, Bonnie Lewis, Brendan Koevoet, Joel Clayton-Greene, Morgan Craven and…

When the words don’t come

“When I had my stroke friends stayed away. And for five years after my stroke I could not say a word. And then for three years I could say some words… and now I can…

Huge drop in consents 

A 44 per cent drop in income from building consents issued in Waipā paints a stark picture of the state of the construction industry, figures released to the council’s Finance and Corporate committee this week…

That was Fieldays number 56…

The 56th edition of Fieldays wrapped up on Saturday with the traditional townies’ day. More than 1100 exhibitors and thousands of visitors spent four days at Mystery Creek in the Waipā district. Guests included prime…

School’s out, court’s in session

Former Karāpiro School principal Tina-Maree Thatcher has swapped the classroom for the courtroom after completing a law degree last year. Thatcher said she had worked in education for 21 years, including 15 years in school…

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