The Waikato Local
ONE STEP, FIVE BENEFITS: Why this new SPF issa busy peron’s best friend
If you’ve ever looked at a 10-step skincare routine and thought, love the idea, simply don’t have the time, you’re not alone. Between work, school drop-offs, getting to the gym or just getting out the door, the ‘perfect’ morning routine can feel like...
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Historic art society makes new moves
Waikato’s oldest arts group is breaking new ground this year, taking its prestigious awards show on the road for the first time. The Waikato Society of Arts has just allocated the prizes in its 26th NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards, which this year...
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Hamilton hosts kids’ film festival
Hamilton is the last stop for a children’s film festival that is embarking on its inaugural national tour. The Sunny Side Up Children’s Film Festival was created by 15-year-old Milli Banbury and arrives in time as a family friendly activity for the...
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A clearer future in sight
A Hamilton medical centre is offering access to low-cost eye care and glasses for children in what it says is a new initiative for health care in the Waikato. The initiative, led by Te Kōhao Health at its Taakiri Tuu clinic, aims to detect vision...
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Boots, banter, new beginnings at Melville Rugby & Sports Club
A Hamilton rugby club is looking to start up a new team for this year’s season and has the call out for players. Melville Rugby & Sports Club last fielded an under-21 team in 2012, which made it through to the semi-finals. Since then it’s relied on...
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Waikato health model turns heads nationwide
A Waikato-based kaupapa Māori health provider is attracting national interest, with a South Island delegation travelling north to learn from the design and delivery of its purpose-built wellbeing facilities. Māori health organisation He Waka Tapu,...
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Amazing support for teen Talyn
Talyn Print is a 13-year-old who, like many other Waikato teenagers, has a passion for crafts. The walls of bedroom are plastered in his work. He was also born with two rare genetic conditions. The primary one is KAT6A syndrome, which is so rare that...
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Veges go punk at festival
What is arguably the country’s favourite ukulele band officially launches a song at Hamilton Arts Festival this month to encourage kids to eat more vegetables. The Nukes have recorded Vege Punk ,a new kids’ song that is unashamedly loud, proud and...
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Precious gift unites generations
A mystery gift is helping a Waikato youngster carve out her future. Hamilton’s Whitiora School recently featured in a TVNZ Seven Sharp bulletin about the its Tipu Ake carving programme run by Te Kōhao Health and taught by Whakairo Master Rei...
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Kho kho: New sport for Waikato with serious global ambitions
A relatively unknown game is hoping to break into the local sporting scene and attract players with the aim of taking part in a Commonwealth championship next month. Kho kho is a highly competitive tag game for enhancing fitness and agility that is...
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Destination park changes hands
Over the course of 34 years, a former quarry has been transformed into a place of recreation and inspiration and become a Waikato visitor attraction. John and Dorothy Wakeling created the Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum in the 17.5ha...
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Carrying Mia through hardest days
Ten-year-old Mia Irwin was a fit, active kid who loved netball and biking, until a series of unexplained symptoms led to a cancer diagnosis in July last year. Her mum, Renee Irwin, said life turned upside down overnight. She has to work remotely so...
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Matamata’s taste of local goodness
Matamata is hosting the newest farmers’ market to open in Waikato with the aim of promoting local produce and giving the economy a boost. Behind the new Sunday market is Shayna Gaskell, who said when she moved to Matamata a little more than two years...
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Ruru takes flight in Putāruru
A new mural on a prominent wall of Woolworths Putāruru was inspired by a 10-year-old’s musings over ice cream. Daniel Kritzinger was cycling through Putāruru with his grandmother Haidee Kritzinger in mid-2024, when they stopped for an ice cream by...
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