Spinning yarns
Cambridge author Meemee Phipps is hoping for some creative intervention so she can finish the final book in a trilogy examining the history of the Chinese in New Zealand and beyond. But lockdown and a…
Cambridge author Meemee Phipps is hoping for some creative intervention so she can finish the final book in a trilogy examining the history of the Chinese in New Zealand and beyond. But lockdown and a…
Cambridge ward councillors Roger Gordon and Philip Coles say they “totally support” Waipā District Council’s decision to start investigating whether a third bridge is needed in the town but wants residents surveyed for their views….
A new housing policy which allows Waipā towns to have three homes of up to three storeys high built without a resource consent is a recipe for creating slum situations, says mayor Jim Mylchreest. It…
Work has begun on a $150 million all-purpose medical facility in Cambridge’s northern suburbs. The Health Hub will establish “medical independence” for Cambridge, developers behind the facility claim. It will contain a medical centre, day-stay…
Te Awa River path users between Cambridge Gaslight Theatre and the velodrome can finally snatch a glimpse of the next stage of the shared path. Parts of the path below the velodrome have been dug…
Updated with Waikato DHB comments received after we went to press (see at end): A Waipā district councillor says she and other councillors were told to keep quiet for more than a day when Covid…
Cambridge nurse Michelle Edge has been on the vaccination front-line since early this year. Michelle has been a registered nurse since 1994 and in that time has worked at Waikato and Tokoroa hospitals, K’aute Pasifika…
A Waipā nurse vaccinator on Covid’s front line says she’s convinced mobile vans going into Waikato’s far flung rural areas is the answer to reaching the 90 per cent fully vaccinated target. Michelle Edge, who works for Waikato…
Waipā District Council and Federated Farmers have reacted angrily to the government’s decision to take away its water assets in favour of four new mega entities. Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta made the announcement yesterday…
Today we introduce a new feature where we talk to people in the news and people who make the news. Focus on will be a regular addition to the News. Who do you think we…
