Waikato Business News

23/07/2025

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan launched her re-election campaign this week, announcing that if elected, it would be her final term in office. Plus Waikato Regional Council reverses its controversial decision to leave Local Government New Zealand but not for the first time this term, it took chair Pamela Storey's casting vote. Plus the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce has got some high-profile support for on-off ramps on the Waikato Expressway east of Cambridge and is asking Taupo MP Louise Upston to advocate for the community.
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13/07/2025

Another candidate has revealed her candidacy for mayor. Experienced director and former K’aute Pasifika Trust chief executive Rachel Karalus announced yesterday she would also stand for council in the Hamilton East ward.
https://wbn.co.nz/2025/07/14/karalus-enters-mayoral-race/

10/07/2025

Good Local Media's three community newspapers in Te Awamutu, King Country and Cambridge are out today.

Exciting news as well. In addition to our other publication Waikato Business News, we have now acquired Bay of Plenty Business News. Welcome to the Good Local Media stable team :-)


King Country News
Te Awamutu News
Cambridge News NZ
King Country Farmer
Waipā Home & Leisure Show

https://wbn.co.nz/

26/06/2025

Our three community newspapers in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and King Country are out today packed with local news.


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18/06/2025

Check out this week's King Country News, Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News.
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11/06/2025

Check out this week's King Country News, Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News.

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11/06/2025

That's a wrap, day one from Fieldays

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has met New Zealand National Fieldays Society chief executive Richard Lindroos to discuss growing the event. “It’s a fantastic event, I want it to get bigger and bigger,” Luxon said before meeting Lindroos at the Fieldays opening at Mystery Creek yesterday. (We...

06/06/2025

Over 200 attendees gathered in Hautapu today to mark the commissioning of Waipa Network's new substation alongside Transpower's Grid Exit Point, with the event opening with a karakia and the gifting of a special taonga by Ngāti Korokī-Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā mana whenua.
https://wbn.co.nz/2025/06/06/hautapu-substation-commissioned/

Waipā Networks cut the ribbon today on its newly commissioned 33kV zone substation alongside Transpower’s Grid Exit Point (GXP) – a combined investment of over $45 million. With Waipā’s population set to grow to around 75,000 over the next 25 years and another 13,200 homes to be built in and...

15/01/2025

Max is out and John is in. We asked our two mayors what they are doing later this year at the local body elections. Read what they both had to say. Plus we check out the other mayors in the region.
https://kingcountrynews.co.nz/news/mayors-who-will-stamd-again

Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter will hang up his mayoral chains this year – but Waitomo’s John Robertson...