He’s been with us for less than a week – but our newest addition to the team of News reporters already has a front page lead under his belt – and an award. Benjamin Wilson…
He’s been with us for less than a week – but our newest addition to the team of News reporters already has a front page lead under his belt – and an award. Benjamin Wilson…
A Waipā district councillor finds it “puzzling” the council has invested so much in protecting native species but has no regulations on cats who prey on them. Marcus Gower supported a submission from Forest and…
Waipā continues to lead the region in Covid vaccinations. By Tuesday, 97 per cent – or 35,735 of the district’s population – were fully vaccinated. Nearly 9700 had received their booster vaccination. Figures were not available…
The toxic bloom outbreak and drop in oxygen levels in Waipā’s Lake Ngaroto has killed thousands of fish, including tuna (eels). Access to the lake was closed late last week when the cyanobacteria public health warning,…
Heartless thieves are demeaning the feelings of so many people who lost family members at wars by stealing several items from Anzac Green in Te Awamutu and Pukeatua Church. Te Awamutu RSA life member Lou…
Waipā residents wasted little time on Sunday responding to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement the country was moving into Covid red. Queues at vaccination centres and supermarkets started within minutes of the 11am announcement, leaked…
Australian marsupials introduced in acts of extraordinary folly are headlined by the brushtail possum. After they were released in 1837 to create a fur trade, their numbers peaked at around 70 million. They have fallen…
New Zealand-born cycling giant and now Swiss-owned cycling manufacturer Avanti will continue getting free publicity in Waipā, even though its 10-year naming rights deal with the Cambridge Velodrome has ended. The National Cycling Centre of…
More than 1220 Waikato tamariki were vaccinated against Covid-19 with the child version of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday. A Waikato DHB spokesperson said 43,766 children aged between 5 and 11 in the Waikato who…
Economists might be predicting the house market will cool this year but for that to happen in Te Awamutu, Pirongia or Kihikihi, there would have to be “an awful lot more listings”, says real estate…
