Four didn’t stand, four were voted out, two were returned unopposed – and just four were voted back into power in a day of change for the Waikato Regional Council. Clyde Graf overcame unwanted reminders…
Four didn’t stand, four were voted out, two were returned unopposed – and just four were voted back into power in a day of change for the Waikato Regional Council. Clyde Graf overcame unwanted reminders…
John Wood will join the Te Awamutu Community Board after provisional votes saw him oust provisional member Norris Hall today. Special votes are yet to come. Wood, a semi-retired drainlayer/plumber, has links with Pirongia having…
Susan O’Regan has beaten incumbent Jim Mylchreest to be the new Waipā mayor. The 50-year-old Kakepuku farmer becomes the district’s first female mayor and only the fifth since the district’s establishment in 1989. It was…
The local body elections are an opportunity for voters to elect people without narrow or limited views and who have the vision to consider the big picture, says a candidate for Waikato Regional Council. The…
Maungatautari has a secure funding future if responses from candidates for both Waikato Regional and Waipā District councils are an indication. Funding should continue to protect the Sacred Mountain so future generations can enjoy it,…
The minister responsible for putting the brakes on online voting for local body elections six years ago says the digital option still comes with risk. Taupō MP Louise Upston, part of whose electorate takes in…
Waipā District Council has negligence claims totalling $8.5 million contained in an Annual Report newly elected councillors will have to approve in their first weeks in office. The court proceedings against the council are revealed…
Sitting councillors have had ‘exclusive’ access for eight weeks to a ratepayer satisfaction survey which produced a negative result for Waipā District Council. Two of the four mayoral candidates and a candidate in Pirongia have told…
We asked candidates what change they would drive in Waipā if they were elected and to sum up anything else. Plus, we asked what they thought Waipā council does best and what needs to be…
Local body politics isn’t sexy. It doesn’t have the presence of a Winston Peters, the charisma of a Jacinda Ardern, and local body “political editors” on TV news at six breathlessly reporting on the latest…
