Candidate complains

Candidate complains

Waipā mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has outlined complaints he plans to make to the Media Council in which he suggests Good Local Media has shown bias, that he has been the victim of bullying and…

What candidates said about third bridge

Ruth Nicholls The lower bridge is under utilised. Jill Taylor Projects of this type involve the Council working with other organisations to complete full planning – and this takes time. Sue Milner Currently we have…

What they want for Waipā

We asked Waipā candidates to tell us what their philosophy for the district is and why they are the person to promote it. Here’s what they had to say (in alphabetical order). Elise Badger (Cambridge…

Business awards return 

Waipā’s business awards will return to the district next year. The awards, which were shelved because of Covid, will be staged at Mystery Creek next April. Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk said entering the awards…

What do your candidates think?

Are they for or against fluoride? Do they think Waipā is being run well? What do they make of the Voices for Freedom Movement which is offering to support candidates and who are members of…

Candidate raises data debate

Good Local editor Roy Pilott has refuted suggestions that a mayoral candidate colluded with one of the newspaper’s journalists to present information which was not publicly available. Pilott said the figures in question were obtained…

Rating the candidates – by their pictures

They were one of the biggest talking points from The News last week. The head and shoulder photos of election candidates – published exclusively in The News – generated a great deal of discussion about…

Make your News our News

News contributions: At Good Local Media we can’t always be at your event or assign a reporter to do interviews – but you can still get your story in the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu…

Johnathan sets the strategy

You could call Johnathan Tan a general dogsbody and he would not care; he is always up for a challenge. Creating strategy, managing risk and helping businesses grow is what is more important for him….

Three of the best for BMX club 

The Te Awamutu BMX Club is celebrating after one of its members picked up a Commonwealth Games gold medal and two others shone at the BMX world champs – where one finished with a ranking…