Waikato Business News

21/10/2025

Investigations are underway which could see the Water Tower saved.
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The future of Cambridge’s historic water tower could hinge on the results of new foundation testing which started this week. See: Cambridge water tower updates Waipā District Council is drilling and testing a ‘micro-pile’ next...

14/10/2025

Congratulations to Aksel Bech, new Waikato mayor. What's top of the agenda post celebration? https://wbn.co.nz/2025/10/14/bech-renews-water-debate/
Cambridge News NZ
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Water is back on the table at Waikato District Council following Aksel Bech’s decisive mayoral victory over incumbent Jacqui Church. Bech returns to the council where he previously served as deputy mayor before losing to Church three years ago. This time, he secured 12,148 votes – up from 6344 ....

27/09/2025

A major new industrial park development in Putaruru is set to deliver a much-needed boost for the economy and community.
https://wbn.co.nz/2025/09/28/new-industrial-development-for-putaruru/
Waikato Chamber of Commerce Better Eggs NZ South Waikato District Council

At a time when South Waikato has faced significant challenges from major business closures and national economic uncertainty, a major new industrial park development is set to deliver a much-needed boost for the economy and community. Gareth van der Heyden, CEO of Better Eggs, has announced plans to...

27/09/2025

We were at the Your Neighbourhood event in Garden Place today and saw people lining up to enrol and/or vote. That's great because voting returns in Hamilton are pretty woeful.

Plus we saw the mayoral debate and chatted with several prospective councillors.

Our ever popular Out and About missed out in the October Waikato Business News due to constraint issues (publishing speak for we had a lot of copy and not enough space to put it all in :-)).

But never fear, we have the photos up online.

Enjoy.

In your neighbourhood Hamilton City Council hosted two key events at the Your Neighbourhood event in Garden Place – a mayoral candidate question and answer panel and a candidate cafe meet and greet. The panel gave mayoral candidates the chance to answer questions about how they would lead the city...

24/09/2025

Robbie Neha is standing in two elections – one in Ōtorohanga and another in Hamilton – and says he can do justice to both.
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He’s standing in two elections – one in Ōtorohanga and another in Hamilton – and Robbie Neha says he can to justice to both. “I will commit full-time to the role,” Neha said in two separate campaign brochures for Hamilton’s Kirikiriroa and Ōtorohanga District Council’s Ōtorohanga wa...

10/09/2025

Check out the story about Blake Gower's space trip. Read more
Cambridge News NZ

His recent participation in the 67th London International Youth Science Forum has served to make Te Awamutu College student Blake Gower more determined than ever to pursue a career in aerospace engineering. Blake, 17, told...

08/09/2025

Hamilton City Council mayoral debate underway.
Sarah Thomson for Mayor of Hamilton Rachel Karalus for Mayor of Hamilton Tim Macindoe for Mayor of Hamilton Marie Hamilton 4 Hamilton

03/09/2025

Were you Out and About in Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua last month? We might have spotted you ........ check out our website today.

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