2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (781+ words) Karen Barrett successfully pushed for Waitomo’s big apple to be spruced up – but never imagined she would find herself leading a political campaign. Karen Barrett has started a petition to promote the merging of the Ōtorohanga and Waitomo district councils…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (453+ words) Richard Steele with governor general Dame Cindy Kiro. I don’t mind paying tax, but don’t tell my accountant that, as I always protest that I pay too much. It’s an opinion she has no time for. She thinks white headed…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (820+ words) New Zealand First and ACT have named their candidates to contest the Taranaki-King Country seat at the general election on November 7. Bridalwear retailer Lee Smith becomes the NZ First candidate to stand in the Taranaki-King Country electorate since Peter Haines…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (668+ words) Richard Steele with governor general Dame Cindy Kiro. I would like to remind any oil industry executives reading this newspaper of how quickly the price of diesel, petrol and oil rose when Donald Trump and his merry men attacked Iran....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (652+ words) We have to go back to the horse, fossil fuels are wrecking too much of the environment, the emissions are out of hand, and the result is climate change and complete worldwide devastation. If you believe everything you are told....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (588+ words) Recent councillor engagement across the Waikato and King Country has reinforced a simple but increasingly urgent point: if we are serious about good decision-making, we need more time on the ground and less time in council chambers. Recognising this, I…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (656+ words) The government has given councils three months to come up with plans to amalgamate, or else. The “or else’ is where the central government makes decisions for communities unable to come up with reasonable solutions. Sounds all a bit big…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (362+ words) Ōtorohanga District Council has confirmed the drinking water component of the Arohena Rural Water Supplies – Kahorekau, Huirimu and Taupaki, will revert to stock supplies by the end of the financial year. Council group manager of engineering and assets Mark Lewis…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (657+ words) Here we go. We are doing it again. Journalists are bagging the Prime Minister in the same way as they bagged Jacinda Ardern. Both of them have been found wanting by political commentators who I don’t think have any ideas…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (591+ words) I’m old enough to remember the fuel shock of the 1970s, when for numerous reasons, the price of petrol and diesel went through the roof. And here’s an observation I made then, that is just as relevant today. Say the price…...