Waikato Business News

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...

11/01/2025

Hardly a big surprise to her family and close friends, but to others Paula Southgate Mayor of Hamilton's announcement she will not seek a third term comes as a surprise.

Southgate explains she finally wants to put family first, and who would blame her? Let the politics begin but make it clean please!!
https://wbn.co.nz/2025/01/11/southgate-puts-family-first/

Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate will leave politics in October, saying it’s time to make room for younger, emerging leaders. Southgate was elected mayor in 2019 and was the Waikato’s only sitting mayor to be re-elected in 2022. After 24 years in local government, including six as Hamilton mayor a...

30/12/2024

It's a who's who of Waikato people in today's New Year's Honours List led by philanthropist Sir John Gallagher. Who else gets honoured by King Charles III today?

18/12/2024

Breaking news ...... Waikato District Council has announced its new CEO plus we have news out of St Peter's School Cambridge that a student scored a perfect 45 in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme. Find out more.
https://wbn.co.nz/

Cambridge News NZ

02/12/2024

We lead Waikato Business News with the success story that is Waitomo Group and find out why Jimmy Ormsby wore tartan pants to the awards' ceremony.
https://wbn.co.nz/2024/12/03/a-social-network/
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Waipa Home & Leisure Show

There was a time when the multi-national fuel conglomerates ignored Waitomo Group, but not now, writes Chris Gardner. When Waitomo Group comes to town, fuel prices plummet. “Back in the day the majors, BP, Mobil, etc, would pretty much ignore us,” chief executive Simon Parham told The News after...

20/11/2024

What's going on at Wintec?
https://wbn.co.nz/2024/11/20/wintec-cuts-planned/

Staff and students at Waikato’s century-old polytechnic have been told jobs and courses will have to go to make the institution – which lost $19.4 million last year – financially viable. The impact will be felt across the Waikato-King Country, in towns like Te Kūiti, Ōtorohanga, Cambridge, T...

15/11/2024

Congratulations to Waitomo Group and all the other winners at the Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards last night.

Looks like a great time was had by all!

Check out our December edition for all the inside info. Meanwhile find out who else won awards. https://wbn.co.nz/2024/11/16/waitomo-takes-out-top-spot/
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02/11/2024

Peter Nation has been elected Waikato Chamber of Commerce chair replacing the long-serving Senga Allen who retired at the recent annual general meeting. Good Local Media was there for Nation's first outing as chair and we had a had a chat with him for Waikato Business News.
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22/10/2024

It was such a success earlier this year, the Waipa Home & Leisure Show is coming back. Don't miss out.

04/10/2024

The latest Out and About has gone up online ..... did we catch you at some event in September? Or is there someone you know there?

Tag them ...... and if you have a photo to offer us, read details on how.



https://wbn.co.nz/2024/10/04/out-and-about-october-2024/

We were out and about during September and so were our readers. This month’s Out and About are a good selection of photos from various events. If you have an event this month and can get a high resolution photo/s to us with caption details e.g. full names, titles, details etc before 25 October, th...

18/09/2024

Good Local Media - publishers of Waikato Business News - have "local" newspapers in Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga and Waitomo plus we publish a monthly farmer publication.

You can see them all on our website along with breaking Waikato business news.

We're good at local news, business, sport, opinion and rural.
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King Country News

18/09/2024

Waitomo Group, founded in Te Kuiti 77 years ago, made five of 10 finals on offer in the Waikato Chamber of Commerce business awards. Winners will be announced in November at Claudelands Events Centre where a supreme winner and the chief executive of the year will be named.
https://wbn.co.nz/2024/09/18/business-award-finalists-named/
Waikato Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge News NZ
Te Awamutu News
King Country News

A company founded in Te Kūiti in 1947 – which has gone on to become New Zealand’s largest independent fuel supplier – has made five of 10 finals on offer in the Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Waitomo Group was named finalists in the Business Growth & Strategy, Innovation, Market...

15/09/2024

We're out at Hamilton Airport today with Paula Southgate Mayor of Hamilton and Susan O'Regan - Waipā Mayor for the announcement international flights are coming back to Hamilton Airport NZ https://wbn.co.nz/2024/09/16/international-flights-back-on-for-hamilton/

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Champagne corks are popping across the Waikato today with confirmation that direct flights between Hamilton Airport and Australia are back. Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, has announced it will offer three return flights per week between Hamilton and the Gold Coast and four return flights per week....