Looking at council issues
My retirement village resident activities last week took me to Wellington to the Beehive – not the apiary version. For a day we discussed matters…
My retirement village resident activities last week took me to Wellington to the Beehive – not the apiary version. For a day we discussed matters…
Nominations closed at midday in Waipā and Waikato districts and for Waikato Regional Council. The nominations are final. No elections will be needed in the…
A public memorial service for Winston ‘Wint’ Steen will be held at the Cambridge Fire Station on Saturday. The man who was the longest-serving member…
A uniquely community café run by Interlock Waipā and conveying a message of inclusion opened recently for a few hours each Wednesday. The Cambridge Community…
Kirsty Downey understands why people’s eyes glaze over when she talks about Ahu Ake, Waipā’s spatial plan. “We don’t want this to be a document…
Waipā-born athletes have excelled at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Cambridge squash queen Joelle King picked up two gold medals in Birmingham this week to…
St Peters has sounded a warning that it will be a regional netball force by beating Avondale in the major final of the Auckland Combined…
Street parades will be held in Waipā for the district’s Commonwealth Games athletes to recognise their achievements in Birmingham. The games still have another four…
Several Cambridge High School hockey players competed for Waikato during the school holidays – one playing for a New Zealand invitation team. Eden Wood scored…
Hello again, I hope you have all had a good week. The team here have definitely had a very busy one. Something that came to…
I grew up in Te Awamutu. Our township was my playground, knocking about with mates, riding bikes and playing cricket and rugby in vacant lots….
The word ‘race’ as a noun has a number of meanings. There is of course the ‘race’ you run, a competition, and if you win…
I wanted to share some good catches made by the team over the last few weeks. A male from out of town tried to steal…
