A Waipā submission to the Ministry for the Environment about food recycling will include a suggestion to look at channelling some food waste to animals first before composting. The suggestion came from councillor Susan O’Regan…
Long serving Cambridge fire chief Don Gerrand has died. Waipa mayor Jim Mylchreest made the announcement at today’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee. Don, 72, who was Cambridge News’ Person of the Year last year,…
A protected black walnut tree at the end of Le Quesnoy Place in Cambridge has been felled to make way for the latest home in a European-styled housing enclave. Cambridge Tree Trust chair John Moodie…
The crowds returned to Cambridge’s two Anzac Day services on Monday with standing room only in the Town Hall for the Commemorative Service. Support was back to pre-Covid days as in the still of a…
Te Awamutu councillor Lou Brown is well known as a councillor who shows great respect – and he took it to a new level at a full council meeting this week – referring to Waipa…
Opinions differ over whether Waipā District Council should take the money offered to it by the government’s Three Waters Reform Package. Local Government New Zealand says the package would not commit council to any government…
Lisa Carrington brought her star power to Waipā’s Lake Karāpiro at the weekend and had to call on all her fighting ability to even things up with K1 500m rival Aimee Fisher. Given all the…
I said farewell to a tract of land in Tamahere on Sunday which has played a big part in my life. The Narrows golf course has witnessed many shots from me which you would be…
The resignation of Waipā councillor Elwyn Andree-Wiltens on Monday has left the council light on numbers as elected representatives debate several major issues. The council was three elected members down this week with Andree-Wiltens’ sudden…
Waipā district councillor Elwyn Andree-Wiltens has resigned from the council effective immediately. Her resignation follows a series of exclusive stories published in The News which revealed she is a shareholder in a company operating a…
