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The National Party’s candidate for the newly redrawn seat of Port Waikato is a committed electorate MP who likes getting stuck into issues affecting his communities. “That's one of the main reasons I got into politics – I always wanted to be an electorat…

And what an exciting one it is shaping up to be! The decisions made on September 19th have the potential to have long lasting effects for years to come and perhaps more than ever it is imperative that we all exercise our right to have a say in those deci…

As millions worldwide struggle with the social, economic, and personal fallout from Government-imposed lockdowns, the pandemic is all but over in Sweden, which recorded only 66 deaths related to COVID-19 between 27 July and 27 August – less than 1% of th…

“A combination of FDA and TGA approved Ivermectin, Zinc and Doxycycline has shown positive results for COVID-19 and should be considered immediately to fight the pandemic,” says CDD Medical Director Professor Thomas Borody. Australia's The Centre for Dig…

In New Zealand, like in many other countries, the Government is claiming that it is ‘listening to the science’ when it comes to COVID-19. But when the scientific consensus is that no evidence exists to support such widely-adopted measures as school cl…

While the New Zealand government enforces severe lockdown measures in a bid to ‘stamp out’ COVID-19, there is a growing international endorsement of the public health strategy in Sweden, which has now recorded far fewer deaths per capita than the United …

On Friday 17 July 2020, Karaka Playcentre were extremely lucky to have Bunnings transform their wilderness area through the Bunnings community support programme. Bunnings is committed to participating in the communities in which they operate by contribut…

Today Parliament finished up. My thanks for all your support. It has been an interesting 3 years...

Kia ora, my name is Anahila Kanongataʻa-Suisuiki, I’m a List MP and the Labour candidate for Papakura. I was born in Tonga, grew up in Onehunga and now Papakura is my home away from home. I’m a team player, I chair the Labour Women’s Caucus and the Commo…

Not 48 hours after I sent what I thought was the final version of this column to the editor, events proved just how true the headline was: Todd Muller resigned as Leader of the National Party just eight weeks after he assumed the role. Twelve hours late…

elocal sat down with local independent candidate Ian Cummings and asked him why constituents in the Port Waikato electorate should vote for him on September 19th 2020. I am standing as an independent candidate for one reason and one reason only, you and …

We started our house hunting journey in early 2019. We were looking to downsize to our forever home away from the city. We couldn’t find anything we liked, having come from a fairly new house. It had been suggested we build but as we had not built befor…

Working together in a business as a married couple is not always easy, and for Bobbie-Jo and Rocky Butler from Conveyancing Plus, they have had their disagreements about little things. But they both feel that major business decisions made while walking t…

The National Library of New Zealand is proceeding with removing about 600,000 books from its Overseas Published Collections. It is doing so in the misguided belief that these books are not important to New Zealanders and get little use. In fact, neithe…

Local couple Paul and Margot Tindall are celebrating 20 years of owning and operating Trailer World in Pukekohe. From small beginnings the business has grown into a leading manufacturer of trailers – not only locally, but countrywide and into the Pacific…

Currently the market is showing no signs of slowing down due to COVID or the anticipated recession if the recent buyers and sellers who have worked with Jason Tabrum are anything to go by. In the last 6 weeks 6 of Jason’s listings have sold and most have…

Jason’s feature property this month is a four bedroom, two bathroom builder’s own built home. Built looking down on the beautiful Pukekawa countryside, this luxurious lifestyle home provides modern living and all the extras you would expect in a build of…

When you renovate or build with Lance, Jana and the Hutton Builders team you will not be disappointed. The company was set up in 2010 with the vision to deliver top quality building and the very best project experience for every client. Since then, they …

When the doors open on Sunday November 22nd to showcase Pokeno’s formula manufacturing plant you won’t be bombarded with Yashili branded memorabilia. Because despite being partly responsible for the area’s considerable economic growth since it opened in …

Is there a way that the NZ government could handle a second wave of COVID-19 in such a way as to protect people who are most vulnerable to experiencing complications or dying from a SARS CoV-2 infection yet still allow most people to work and enjoy a nor…