Two weeks, two tons for Lennox

Two weeks, two tons for Lennox

Riley Lennox of St Peter’s School continued his dream season with the bat by scoring a second consecutive century in the Waikato Secondary School colts’ competition on Saturday in Cambridge. St Peter’s Colts finished their…

Te Koo Utu and Ngaroto plans floated

A Te Awamutu biotechnology company thinks it may have a remedy for the alarming state of Waipā’s Lakes Ngaroto and Te Koo Utu. “If it is as successful as claimed, then it could be the…

Gearing up for boy racers

Police will have more powers to target boy racers through amendments to the Waipā Public Places Bylaw. The suggested bylaw changes would prohibit light motor vehicles from travelling on specified roads between 9pm and 4am…

Road rage on council

Councillors have ripped into the integrity of Waipā District’s long-term transport plan in a week when Taupō MP Louise Upston said finding a site for a third bridge was a matter of urgency. At a…

Rotary scoops national award 

A Waipā Rotary recycling initiative has earned a top honour in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards. The Urban Miners initiative in Te Awamutu and Cambridge, which results in redundant electronic equipment stripped and recycled,…

Region ‘over represented’ in crash stats

Seven of the 51 fatal car accidents in Waikato last year happened on Waipā roads, a report to Waikato Regional Council’s Transport committee has revealed this week. Of the eight people who died, seven were…

Protests: view from the inside

A Cambridge school teacher who lost her job when she refused to get a Covid-19 vaccination is in Wellington as part of the Parliament protest action. Rachel Eriksen, who taught at Newstead School but left…

More land for homes

Hundreds of new sections west of Cambridge and overlooking the Waikato River will go onto the market next year when St Peter’s School converts 20 per cent of its dairy farm into a residential subdivision….

We’re jam-packed

Grid-locked Cambridge roundabouts and bridges during peak hours are proof Waipā’s draft transportation strategy has drawn seriously flawed conclusions. Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid and Waipā Cambridge ward representative Roger Gordon say…

Welcome …… take a seat

When Tim and Karen Bodle agreed to have part of their Whakanui Stud used for the Te Awa River Ride, they wanted an opportunity to acknowledge two very special people. So about midway through the…