The trainers of a racehorse hit by a truck on Peake Road and later euthanised at an equine hospital want urgent improvements to signage and road safety in one of Cambridge’s busiest training corridors.

Horses and jockeys cross the intersection of Racecourse and Peake roads on their way to trackwork. The Expressway bridge is in the distance...

The Royal Revue

Kween Kong

The Waikato Queer Arts Festival (WQAF) makes its debut this month at Clarence St Theatre in Hamilton, culminating in headline event, The Royal Revue, a large-scale drag production featuring performers known to global audiences through RuPaul’s Drag Race. But behind the sequins and stage lights is something more p...

Lavery to lead water company

Kevin Lavery

Kevin Lavery has been appointed establishment chief executive of the new joint Water Organisation being established by Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City councils. The appointment follows the decision by both councils to proceed with establishing a joint water organisation under the G...

The start of the academic year brings renewed energy to the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus as students return to the city centre to begin or continue their studies. Orientation activities provide an important opportunity for students to connect with their peers, meet academic staff and become familiar with both the campus and the wider Tauranga community.

Andrea Scatchard

Let’s face it: getting to work these days is putting a serious dent in most people’s pockets, whether they are just commuting to work or required to do work related travel in their job.

Fast rising fuel costs are the main contributor, and employers may be considering (or being asked) how they can help their employee...