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Merger momentum builds

A King Country council appeared to move a step closer this week after comments from Local Government minister Simon Watts. Ōtorohanga mayor Rodney Dow and…

Arapuni dam road to close

Drivers who regularly travel between South Waikato, Waipā and the King Country via the Arapuni Dam will take a detour for up to three years….

Inside Arapuni’s hidden past

Ghosts, unexplained noises and a century of history. Mary Anne Gill toured the grand old Arapuni Dam and met the man who keeps it all…

Shining a light on saving

More than 400 people turned out to mark a bright move for Te Kūiti last week as it aims to become the first town in…

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Under-13s put on a show

An unbeaten Waitete U13 faced their toughest challenge of the season on Saturday to defeat Ōtorohanga 41-26 in Te Kuiti. The junior blues have high…

Unbeaten run ends at home

Waitete’s women suffered their first loss of the season against competition favourites Taupiri-Te Kauwhata in Te Kūiti on Saturday, but it wasn’t for a lack…

Golds climb to sixth

Ōtorohanga Sports had a mixed bag of results in Waikato Club Rugby last weekend – a win, a win by default and a loss. Now…

Waitete leave it late again

Another last gasp win has put Waitete’s women on a collision course with Taupiri in a top-of-the-table shoot-out in a few weeks time. For the…

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Rethinking nuclear

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…

The El Hierro eruption

As I am gearing up for my yearly work trip to the Canary Islands, the 2011–2012 submarine eruption off the island of El Hierro is…

Beware those scammers

We are continuing to receive reports of overseas scam calls. These scammers often pose as bank fraud staff and attempt to convince victims to install…

The Reid girls

Eleven-year-old Ivy Reid and her mother were riding top on the logs being transported by the tramway of Ellis and Burnand’s mill. The pair, from…