Move along – nothing to see here

Move along – nothing to see here

The environment is at no risk from the workings of an illegal quarry at Maungatautari, a Waikato Regional Council incident response officer has told the man who alerted the council to its existence. In an…

Councillors muzzled

Waikato regional councillors have been told to shut up and not comment on any recent council decisions as its former chair heads to court to try and get his $161,000 a year job back. The…

Road closure: rail has priority

KiwiRail was instrumental in the closure of the railway crossing by Holland Rd on State Highway 1B because of the threat of a derailment. The 1B route is a popular one for drivers heading north…

Lichtwark reinstated despite Storey claims

Waikato regional councillors have been accused of rewarding a rebel councillor for helping roll their former chair Russ Rimmington. Councillors today reinstated Fred Lichtwark his full rights, three weeks after his vote secured the 8-6…

Vaccine team on the road

Herawana Tupaea is back on the road again with a mobile vaccination team hoping to prevent Waipā residents from getting influenza, measles and whooping cough. The Waikato District Health Board vaccine kaimanāki (team lead) knows…

Wooing halls of fame

The Home of Cycling Trust has revealed plans for Cambridge’s Velodrome to be the venue for three sporting halls of fame. One, the Māori sports halls of fame already has the support of Māori king…

Tea without Marg

Mary Anne Gill talks to whānau and friends and tells the story of Margaret Evelyn, a victim of last week’s storm in Cambridge, which claimed two octogenarians. Margaret Evelyn was on her way back from…

Woman dies after freakish winds topple tree

A woman who sheltered from the bad weather under a pin oak tree in Cambridge’s Victoria Square has died in Waikato Hospital after the tree fell and trapped her under it. The woman was treated…

Report knocks our ‘culture’

An inquiry into Cycling New Zealand’s high-performance programme has criticised the culture at its Cambridge home of cycling base saying it is “fragmented” and that life in such a small town exacerbates loneliness and one-dimensionality….

Do the planning now, council told

Plans should be made immediately to ensure a five-month $2.5 million makeover of Cambridge’s historic Victoria Bridge has little impact on the town’s traffic. Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk made the plea at this week’s…