Boards for the chop?

Cambridge and Te Awamutu community boards are fighting for their existence, writes Mary Anne Gill. It takes a lot to get Ange Holt and Sue Milner to break ranks and go against the standard Waipā District Council…

Well-used equipment in two Leamington playgrounds have been decommissioned for safety reasons following an independent safety audit across Waipā. The equipment did not meet New Zealand safety standards which represent fundamental minimum best practice in…

Cambridge has been identified as the ideal community for a new dirt jump track. Enthusiasts Jude Eades and Paul Langlands made the pitch for the town at the Cambridge Community Board meeting yesterday. Dirt jumps…

Social media has become an integral tool for owners of lost dogs and resulted in fewer pooches ending up in Waipā pounds. District Growth and Regulatory Services group manager Wayne Allan made the observation in…

Waipā’s community facilities continue to be targets for the district’s undesirable vandals. Toilets at Bulmer’s Landing, a freedom camping site overlooking the Waikato River 20kms south of Karāpiro, have been closed for several weeks due…

Waipā’s District Plan is being put to the test again with an application for a non-complying activity in Taylor Street, Cambridge heading for a hearing later this month. The application, lodged in February this year…

The Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha is the latest community COVID-19 vaccination centre to open in the Waikato. Maree Munro, Waikato DHB COVID-19 vaccine programme lead, said at full capacity the site…

Cambridge people are being urged to consider whether an application to establish the town’s ninth bottle store in the former Guthrie Bowron premises on Victoria St should proceed. The application for an Off Licence by…

Nothing says rural discontent better than a howling dog and so when Trev the Huntaway got his moment in the spotlight, he let rip. There he was, head of the parade on the back of a classic Kingswood HQ ute, his master Dean Bayley of…

A dairy in Grey Street is losing hundreds of customers and turnover has plunged 60 per cent since Waipā District Council blocked the Cambridge street for its Hamilton Road dual cycleway. As patrons abandon the family business in their droves,…