Do you think changing the school lunch scheme is a good idea?
Reduced food quality for tamariki and job losses in Waikato will be the direct impact of revamping free school lunches scheme, according to one healthy lunch provider.
Nicole Rakena, founder and company director of Te Puna Kai Catering, says many front line staff and smaller local providers will lose jobs under a government plan to centralise the scheme but also extend it to preschoolers.
Share your most delicious (but affordable!) go-to meal...
Winter is knocking at the door and the cost of living has already made itself at home. So let's help each other out by sharing your meal ideas that don't break the bank.
Comment below with your go-to meals that are delicious and affordable.
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Will you be watching out for the new Lord of the Rings movie?
The odds appear good that the Lord of the Rings movie makers might soon be making a return to the Hobbiton film set in the heart of Waikato.
But don’t call it a shire thing just yet.
Warner Bros announced last week that a new Lord of the Rings movie titled The Hunt For Gollum would be released some time in 2026.
Family's fight to keep classroom killer behind bars
The murder of teacher Lois Dear in her Tokoroa classroom 18 years ago shocked the country.
Now, as her killer Whetu Te Hiko becomes eligible for release, her son, Kevin McNeil, vows to do all he can to keep him incarcerated.
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