Everytime it rains – which to be fair has been quite a lot in recent weeks – Allwill Drive in Hautapu floods. Businesses have become so frustrated they have taken to calling it Lake Allwill…
Everytime it rains – which to be fair has been quite a lot in recent weeks – Allwill Drive in Hautapu floods. Businesses have become so frustrated they have taken to calling it Lake Allwill…
Zara Thompson knew performing arts was where her future lay when she was plucked from the chorus five hours before opening night to sing a solo. She didn’t know the words and hadn’t practised the…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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…
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…
