Heeding the call 

Waikato DHB chief executive Kevin Snee, left, with Taupo MP Louise Upston at Cambridge Community Marae. Some of the Rotarians cheering on Super Saturday at Cambridge Family Health Pharmacy. They are, from left, Ray Milner, club…

Maija Vance finds it impossible to understand why people are refusing to get a Covid vaccination. The former jockey, who suffered life-changing injuries in a race fall in September 2018, got her second vaccination on…

A 47ha Cambridge subdivision with 212 new houses is expected to get the green light later this week from Waipā District Council. Work on the 3Ms’ development on Cambridge Road stopped in July when independent…

Community boards need to improve their performances in Te Awamutu and Cambridge and the best way to ensure that is to review what their roles and functions are, a Waipā council committee has decided. Community…

The Cambridge Community Board last week allocated $25,000 from the first round of their discretionary funding. The board has $59,697.25 to distribute in the financial year starting July 1. Thirty-two applications asking for $116,440 were…

Ben Carpenter jokes he did everything he could to stay away from farming. So how come he, wife Renee and their three children live on their own Te Kawa Road dairy farm on the Waipā-Ōtorohanga…

1.24pm – 14 October 2021 – A positive waste water COVID-19 test has been reported in Te Awamutu, in the Waipā District. The sample was taken on Tuesday, October 12. The Waikato District Health Board…

Sarah Matthews was on her honeymoon when she found out she had been elected to the Waipā Networks Trust. The first-time candidate, standing as Sarah Davies, topped the poll – leaving her no option but…

Attendance at Waipā’s two community facilities in Te Awamutu and Cambridge is up 30.5 per cent, or nearly 60,000 more visitors, over the previous year. The financial year, which ended on June 30, was described by…

An ugly cream fence in Leamington Domain may be festooned in colour to ensure residents and visitors experience thought-provoking, culturally vibrant, enjoyable, challenging, and inspiring art. Behind the fence is a shipping container which contains…