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Actor and musician Joel Tobeck, who has carved out an illustrious career in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, wants to put a one-man show on at the Cambridge Gaslight Theatre. He could test the…
Actor and musician Joel Tobeck, who has carved out an illustrious career in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, wants to put a one-man show on at the Cambridge Gaslight Theatre. He could test the…
Money ear-marked for consultation with residents over the controversial Hamilton Road dual cycleway has gone unspent and will go instead on promotional activities after its completion. Many residents, including Grey Street Dairy owner Wei Na…
Ngāhinapōuri is to undergo an $8.75 million upgrade which will help position the now sleepy Waipā village into a bustling community. The work has been a long time coming, Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said when opening discussion on Tuesday…
Regulations around happy hour or cheese and biscuit type gatherings in retirement villages and rest homes are dealt with too “inconsistently”, says the man responsible for issuing Waipā liquor licenses. In a report to the…
Waipā will bounce back from lockdown because locals are supporting local businesses, an economist told business and community leaders this week. Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen said Waipā’s economic performance showed residents put their money…
While Waipā District councillors heard an economist put a positive spin this week on the economy’s ability to recover from Covid related restrictions, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid is not as buoyant….
Rural New Zealand is keeping New Zealand afloat, yet the government continues to strip services away from rural heartland communities like Cambridge and Te Awamutu. That’s a big concern for Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest who…
Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger says she understands why mayors like Waipā’s Jim Mylchreest are coming out against the government’s Three Waters Review. She just wishes more councils would do likewise rather than sit back…
“This is the cool thing about animals, they love you unconditionally and they’re always there but right now humans require them more.” “Animals are cool.” A Waipā dairy farmer has compared the Covid 19 Delta…
A group of volunteers working in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have this year diverted 8.5 tonnes of e-waste from Waipā’s landfills. Urban Miners, a not-for-profit enterprise recycles, or diverts for reuse, domestic and business e-waste…
