Updated: Grey St Dairy closes 

Updated: Grey St Dairy closes 

The Grey Street Dairy has closed down. Owner Wei Na shut the doors to the 60-year-old business today saying: “Thank you for all your support throughout these years especially in (the) last few months.” The…

Updated: Cycleway route completed

The Te Awa River Road Cycleway from Cambridge to Tamahere was completed before Christmas and will open to cyclists next month. Construction to clear some trees and complete retaining walls, drainage installation, recontouring and landscaping…

Guard of honour for Gillian

Long serving St Peter’s Catholic School teacher Gillian Kneebone was farewelled with love, laughter and tears on her last day at the Cambridge school. After 32 years as a teacher – 26 of them at…

Council challenged

A legal fighting fund to challenge Waipā District Council’s decision to require passports for public venues has raised more than $6000 towards the $10,500 it needs to go to court. Nina Parker, the Cambridge woman…

Home of Cycling No More?

The ‘Home of Cycling’ tag worth millions of dollars to the Waipā district economy is in danger of being taken away by an independent inquiry tasked with reviewing the sport’s future. As part of the…

Legal challenge Over Covid call

A Cambridge woman is behind a representative legal action trying to reverse Waipā District Council’s decision to ban unvaccinated people from its facilities. Nina Parker, who The News understands was turned away from a Waipā…

Recovery cash eyed 

Part of the unspent $258,645 in the Waipā Covid community recovery fund will go towards temporary fencing at Lake Karāpiro’s Mighty River Domain. The domain will have temporary fencing until end of April – the area fenced…

No censure plans for Coles

Waipā District Council says it has no further plans to censure Cambridge councillor Philip Coles over a conflict-of-interest breach at a recent committee meeting. Deputy chief executive Ken Morris said Cr Coles did not vote…

Live stream discomfort 

The two Waipā community board chairs are unhappy they had to allocate their ratepayer-funded discretionary funds with the public watching. Cambridge’s Sue Milner said this year was the first time they had to consider the…

Council explains ‘tree removal’

Waipā District Council and Lakewood developers have explained why several trees have recently been felled on Lake Te Koo Utu’s Camellia Walkway. A reader contacted The News and Taupō MP Louise Upston when she said…