Driver ignores bridge warnings 

Driver ignores bridge warnings 

A small refrigerated truck hit the barrier leading into Cambridge’s Victoria Street (High Level) Bridge last week resulting in damage to signs. Video from the recently installed CCTV cameras pointed at the bridge enabled Waipā District Council…

Focus stays on i-Site

The Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites will continue to receive funding from Waipā District Council for another 18 months but will have to define their promotional roles to avoid clashing with Hamilton and Waikato Tourism….

Quarry plan revealed

Plans for a giant quarry in Cambridge have been released to The News by Waipā District Council after neighbours revealed they are hiring a Queen’s Counsel to try and stop the development. The proposed sand…

Businesses reopen in Level 2, new Covid case in Cambridge

17 November 1.05pm There is a new reported Covid case in Cambridge, Waikato DHB reported today. There were five new cases confirmed in the Waikato overnight. Two were from Ōtorohanga, one from Te Kūiti, one…

Right river, art set to go 

The first piece of public art approved under Wāipa District Council’s Public Arts Policy will go up in Leamington Domain despite a communication slip up which could have seen the wrong river featured. A mural…

 Advisor roles may be permanent

  Wāipa District Council is hoping to make the two community advisor roles, which were established last year as part of a Covid recovery package, a more permanent arrangement. Gina Scott and Corren Ngerengere started in…

Joint roading group proposed

  A radical approach to boosting use of public transport by centralising funding and decision-making has been floated in an independent review of Waikato Regional Council’s service. The review recommends investigating having one organisation contracted…

Public hearing over liquor plan 

An application to establish Cambridge’s ninth bottle store in Victoria Street has been reviewed by the District Licensing Committee and will go to a public hearing. Waipā Enforcement manager Karl Tutty said the council was working to confirm…

Retailers threatened: MP reacts

Cambridge businesses say they have been threatened with closure by police if they take their trade outside. And the issue has prompted their MP, Louise Upston, to ask if “we have become a police state…

New ministry is welcomed 

A Waipā-based charitable trust that works alongside disabled people so they can develop their skills and abilities has applauded sweeping changes in the disability sector. The government last week announced it would move disability funding…