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30/10/2025

Jo Davies-Colley is Waipa's new deputy mayor while Charlotte FitzPatrick is Cambridge Community Board chair. Find out more .....

Jo Davies-Colley has been appointed Waipa District Council deputy mayor following the swearing in of councillors today. Councillors appointed to community boards were Dean Taylor and Shane Walsh to Te Awamutu-Kihikihi while Pip Kempthorne and...

29/10/2025

Geoff Taylor has been appointed Hamilton deputy mayor tonight. Good Local Media was there ....
https://wbn.co.nz/2025/10/29/taylor-named-deputy-mayor/

Fourth-term councillor Geoff Taylor has been appointed as Hamilton’s deputy mayor, returning to a position he held between 2019-22. Announcing the appointment, mayor Tim Macindoe noted that there had been keen interest in filling the role from some very talented councillors and he had been spoilt ...

22/10/2025

News in brief .... a national bowls tournament, changes at Good Local Media, kayaker Hamish Legarth and cyclist Nicole Shields raise $30,000, Over 1000 people got covered in colour and ran their hearts out, Cambridge’s Graeme Tocker and Kevin Turnbull won the 2025 Len Gamble Memorial Snooker Pairs Tournament, museum reopens....... and more.

New tournament Cambridge and Central Cambridge bowling clubs have joined forces to run the Cambridge Open next week. The inaugural national event will be held at Central’s greens – next year at Cambridge’s – and...

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...

16/10/2025

The results are in .........
https://www.cambridgenews.nz/2025/10/its-down-to-specials/

The political futures of 10 Waipā candidates rest with special votes which are unlikely to be processed before tomorrow. (Thursday) As The News went to press, Liz Stolwyk and Stu Kneebone were neck and neck...

15/10/2025

Tomorrow we should finally know ....

The political futures of 10 Waipā candidates rest with special votes which are unlikely to be processed before tomorrow. (Thursday) As The News went to press, Liz Stolwyk and Stu Kneebone were neck and neck...

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/
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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 ....

12/10/2025

More shocks. Liz Stolwyk who looked to have been beaten by Stu Kneebone for the second Waipa King Country spot on Waikato Regional Council has now edged ahead following the release of preliminary results this morning. Check it out, more to come
https://www.cambridgenews.nz/2025/10/local-elections-preliminary-results/

Our sources are telling us the preliminary results for Waipa are not far away and that there might have been a change in the Cambridge ward. Keep an eye on our website. More to come ......

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11/10/2025

We caught up with new mayor Mike Pettit shortly after he got the news.
https://www.cambridgenews.nz/2025/10/meet-the-new-mayor-mike-pettit/

Te Awamutu News

An emotional Mike Pettit took a tearful moment to gather his thoughts before announcing his win to supporters this afternoon. Standing high on a box, his back to the open doors of the Gillies St...