Golfers: home on the range?

Golfers: home on the range?

Waikato’s oldest golf club wants to free up part of its land so developers can create new housing and the club can undertake much-needed course improvements including fairway watering. Members at Cambridge Golf Club, founded…

O’Regan: I Won’t Stand

The race for the Waipā mayoralty has been given extra spice with the shock announcement this week experienced councillor Susan O’Regan – regarded by some as a potential contender – will not stand again. Mayor…

Complaint made over quarry

An opponent to a planned quarry just south of Cambridge has told the Waikato Regional Council he believes an unconsented sand quarry is operating in the same area. Rhys Powell lodged a complaint with the…

Funding mooted for Resthaven 

A plea for financial assistance by Cambridge Resthaven to Waipā District Council, as the community trust embarks on a two-year $36 million redevelopment programme, will now be considered as part of the council’s Annual Plan…

Paul’s work is mostly play…

Paul van der Hoek is in a job he loves looking after Waipā District Council’s playground assets. And that’s despite the fact his duties include cleaning up vomit, graffiti and removing rubbish. Van der Hoek,…

Playground work takes shape 

It has been a mixed week at Lake Te Koo Utu with work on the senior playground ahead of schedule while there is a delay in the raingardens development, due to start this week. Waipā…

Caretaker finds a treasure trove 

If you knew Kay Connolly when she was a sixth form student at Cambridge High SchooI in 1966, then school library manager Glenys Bichan wants to hear from you. Kay designed a new school coat…

Mayor on the offensive

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest has lashed out again at the Government for its “contempt” of local government through its proposed reforms. And he and fellow Te Awamutu representative Lou Brown are scathing of Local Government…

‘Waipā’ airport jets ahead

Expect to see jet planes over Waipā skies. Waikato Regional Airport Ltd, which operates Hamilton Airport on behalf of five local authorities including Waipā district, has revealed plans to develop a new corporate jet precinct…

Waipa District Council

Council jobs offered back

Five Waipā staffers laid off because they refused to have Covid vaccinations have been offered their jobs back. Council chief executive Gary Dyet has told The News “in light of the changing circumstances” and new…