The happiest city escapee
Editor, writer and manuscript consultant Stephen Stratford was so well known in the Cambridge cafés he frequented that before he had sat down, his favourite short black coffee had already been delivered to the table….
Editor, writer and manuscript consultant Stephen Stratford was so well known in the Cambridge cafés he frequented that before he had sat down, his favourite short black coffee had already been delivered to the table….
Waipā District Council will make a $15,000 contribution towards a new group which will lobby government to stall its controversial Three Waters Reforms. Councillors debated the source of the funding and whether it was council’s…
Tainui-owned Māori public health provider Hāpai Te Hauora says a new liquor store in Cambridge’s Victoria Street will target vulnerable people. But because its objection to the Blue Drops application to establish an off-licence facility…
Submissions from Waikato-Tainui, Hamilton City Council, Waipa and Waikato district councils left Parliament’s Environment committee with “a lot to think about.” That was the summing up by committee chair Eugenie Sage after hearing presentations on…
Staff at Waipā District Council found assets they did not realise they had – but more disturbingly found they had routinely listed other “disposed assets” on their annual reports for years. Some old assets dated…
The company behind a proposed giant quarry on the outskirts of Cambridge says it will ensure the development is sensitive to the surrounding environment. RS Sand director Ben Hussey was responding to residents’ claims the…
Waipā District Council will support raising the speed limit on SH1 Waikato Expressway when work is completed next year. The feedback will go from the council to Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency), Waipā joins Waikato…
The introduction of Waikato Regional Council’s Bee travel card has finally given improved patronage figures for Waipā District Council to drill into. Councillors have been asking for months how many “within town” trips passengers took…
Putting recycling bins in public places is a “very expensive way to get low value recycling”, says the woman responsible for Waipā District Council’s waste minimisation. Sally Fraser was responding to a suggestion by Cr…
Eight groups have received grants from Waipā District Council’s $40,000 Waste Minimisation community fund. The projects range from an education campaign around what makes a good donation to charity shops to clothes swapping events. Group…
