A senior kaumatua to the Kīngitanga movement, is lending his mana and own story to the launch the National Bowel Screening programme across Waikato. The free screening programme is rolling out across the region for…
A senior kaumatua to the Kīngitanga movement, is lending his mana and own story to the launch the National Bowel Screening programme across Waikato. The free screening programme is rolling out across the region for…
Nominations have opened for the 19th 2021 Waipā District Council Youth Awards, which celebrate the achievements of the 14- to 18-year-old. The awards recognise achievements in academic, community service, leadership, sporting and arts/culture categories. Last…
The Mates Matter Charitable Trust founder Craig Bulloch is holding a fundraiser in Cambridge on April 17 to fund suicide prevention programmes at Cambridge Community House. ‘The 654 Challenge’, named for the 654 people who…
The new Te Huia passenger rail service launched this week will be a crucial connection between Hamilton and Auckland for an initial 300 people a day, Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington says. An open…
More than a year after the first plan was presented to the public on the future of Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park, the district council has endorsed a revamped version. There was vocal opposition to aspects…
Hamilton will go to the 2022 local body elections without a Māori seat. The city council voted 8-4 against establishing a Māori ward in the first vote on the issue in the province since the…
A Waipā District Councillor has delivered a public message to the community after itemizing a litany of abusive messages posted on social media platforms. And she has exposed the vicious abuse which has become the…
By Peter Matthews I’ve received a few emails recently in response to this column, all so far disagreeing with what I say. People send me long letters full of references to scientific ‘facts’ designed to…
Former New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd, a major voice in the move to enable Māori wards to be created without being hooked by a referendum, says Waipā District Councillors should be leading change rather than…
Saturday morning walks in the park, pre-sunrise coffees in the Red Kitchen in Te Awamutu – it’s all part of the job for Waipā Disrict Councillors as they initiate feedback for the district’s Long Term…
