Waipā will host a national competition for the country’s top line mechanics and cable jointers later this month. Lines companies Waipā Networks and The Lines Company will stage Annual Connection 2024 at Te Awamutu’s Castleton…
Arbitrage It was a relief to read a letter (Cambridge News, September 26) which rightly challenged the earlier comments by Waipa District Council’s deputy chief executive, Ken Morris, with regard low risk arbitrage deals involving…
Mention the word retirement to Sally Davies and she quickly responds by saying she is still working a day a week but come December that will be it. Then she will give up the practising…
Dentist kept waiting The Dental Council has imposed stringent conditions of practice on a dentist who faces a 17 month wait to defend a charge in court. Rahul Gautam, 50, of Paul Kay Dental in…
1080 issue Cr Graf’s anti-1080 rant, yet again, in the regional councillor column (The News, September 19) represents a very small view of a few individuals, and cannot go unchallenged. If the silent majority who…
Pirongia Fire Chief Roan Gouws was thrilled when he was told to make room in the station garage. It was so he could park a Mitsubishi Triton utility donated by Waipā Networks to improve the…
A Waipā nursery is donating thousands of trees to rural schools across the North Island. Restore Native owner Adam Thompson says it’s an important social and environmental initiative specifically targeted at rural schools. His company…
Food and thought To those who designed the road, cycle and walkway along Whittaker Street in Kihikihi – a big Thank you. Obviously, a lot of thought has gone into how the community lives and…
Champagne corks are popping across the Waikato today with confirmation that direct flights between Hamilton Airport and Australia are back. Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, has announced it will offer three return flights per week…
Students from four primary schools – Ōhaupō, Rukuhia, Kaipaki and Tamahere – joined residents of Hamilton’s Bupa Foxbridge Village to find out more about Waikato’s waterways. Using environmental “eDNA” technology with AquaWatch’s Waka monitoring equipment,…
