Wheels turning on new cycleway 

More than 1400 people used the new 4.5km Waipā section of the Te Awa River Ride on the weekend, including the council’s chief executive. Garry Dyet and wife Donna parked their car at the Cambridge…

Win one of Cathy O’Shea’s Irish Apple Pies for St Patrick’s Day. Send your best Irish story to [email protected] It’s that time of year well known Waikato real estate agent and Irish historian Cathy O’Shea…

Maree Paparoa loves Cambridge so much she volunteered to cop the odd abuse and terse word because “it’s my town.” Maree is part of the Cambridge Māori warden presence at Cambridge Raceway directing traffic to…

More details of the thwarted attempt by Waipā District Council to buy the former Bunnings building in Cambridge for a new library have been revealed, as has an alternative site. The council’s Property Projects manager…

Several Waipā district council staff face losing their jobs because they refused to get Covid vaccinations. The News understands 50 of the council’s 330 staff did not initially support the council’s Covid-19 Staff Vaccination Policy…

Waipā looks set for a mayoral contest for the first time in six years at October’s local body elections. The News revealed exclusively last August that Jim Mylchreest planned to stand for a fourth term…

The Waipā community will soon see the impact vandals are having in the district when council staff cannot complete general maintenance work. Community Services acting manager Brad Ward made the prediction to the council’s Strategic…

The role volunteers play in assisting Waipā District Council at parks and reserves has been significantly constrained by Covid 19 restrictions. Groups like the Cambridge Tree Trust, Predator Free Cambridge, Eco-FX and Kakepuku Mountain Conservation…

The monthly Lions Trash n Treasure market, which has raised thousands of dollars for Cambridge over 25 years, is restarting at a different venue. The move to Memorial Park from Cambridge Town Centre will enable…

Records have been tumbling at Cambridge Library with the number of books and items issued daily surpassing all previous ones. But a lack of space is thwarting librarians’ ability to get new books on the…