The road to lack of Transparency...
July 28, 2025
WDC Disables Comments on its Facebook Page
This post describes evidence of censorship, that was censored. Here’s an example of interactions I’ve had with our local newspaper editors - the recently closed-down Te Awamutu Courier (run by New Zealand Media & Entertainment Ltd) (NZME) and Te Awamut...
Taking Back Our Council from Unelected Bureaucrats For too long, we’ve been fed the illusion that our votes for council actually determine how our district is run. The uncomfortable truth is that real power doesn’t sit with the people we elect—it’s held by unelected ...
Bribery and corruption was in the news recently when Mark Lester and Sean Bryan were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment; guilty of illegally ‘steering’ more than AU$20 million in inflated contracts to Bryan’s company, through Spark. The judge ...
Why is Council ‘Nudging’ us into compliance?
July 6, 2025
Do we know how and when our personal decisions are being manipulated? This doesn’t just happen at supermarkets or in a car dealership; our own Waipa District Council (WDC) Comms team exists for this purpose. Because propaganda isn’t taught in schools, it’s often dismis...
Better Waipa Initiative Discussion Document
June 26, 2025
Fraud & Corruption Policy
DRAFT - Better Waipa Initiative Discussion Document...
Are Local Council Rate increases out of control, Central Government appears to think so.....
Like many landowners across New Zealand, I received a letter from Waipa District Council regarding the arbitrary designation of Significant Natural Areas (SNA) on private land.I found this disgraceful that in our so-called democracy, that Councils have been empowered to seiz...
The Aftermath..
June 22, 2025
In the aftermath of the RS Sand/Fulton Hogan resource consent application for a sand mine in Cambridge, I am left asking one simple question: How did we even get here? Yes, the eventual withdrawal of the application delivered the result the community deserved but i...
WDC Please STOP.....
June 20, 2025
TRAFFIC CHAOS - A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
June 20, 2025
Cambridge and Kihikihi have undergone a transformation in recent years. Promoted as being for the benefit of our "growing" communities, Waipa District Council has closed roads, installed speed bumps and removed car parks, all done to increase safety for - well, everyone...
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