Long Term plan consult starts
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Parallel Road water treatment plant is shaping up to be a popular feature of Waipā District Council’s Long Term Plan and Local Water Done Well consultations which kicked off last…
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Parallel Road water treatment plant is shaping up to be a popular feature of Waipā District Council’s Long Term Plan and Local Water Done Well consultations which kicked off last…
Veteran Waipā councillor Clare St Pierre has announced her candidacy for mayor, driven by what she calls “12 years of financial frustration” and two consecutive years of steep rate increases. The 64-year-old Pirongia resident is…
The operators of a recycling plant have rejected claims they are disposing of toxic materials in a former sand quarry at the back of Aotearoa Industrial Park. See: Quarry complaints levelled A $6.4 million project,…
When you’ve been ringing the six bells in the belfry at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Cambridge for several years, you get to know each of them like old friends. Number five is notoriously temperamental….
There were no objections to the Representation Commission’s plans to expand Barbara Kuriger’s Taranaki-King Country electorate, which includes a huge chunk of the Waipā district. But there were 636 objections to other proposed changes to…
A community board member is urging voters to scrutinise Waipā District Council’s spending on contractors and consultants ahead of the upcoming local body elections. Sally Whitaker, who is not expected to stand again for the…
Claims a building material recycling plant on the western outskirts of Leamington is disposing of contaminated or toxic materials is being looked at by Waipā District Council. The former quarry is at 3831 Cambridge Rd,…
Seeing Roto-o-Rangi farmer Bruce Wallis compete in the Cambridge Harrier Club two persons’ walk relay with his 1980s partner in crime Gary Christie was one of several highlights during the 75th anniversary celebrations on Saturday….
Waipā sculptor and arts icon Fred Graham has left pieces of public art around the district which will ensure he is not forgotten. Graham, 96, who died last week, was born in Arapuni, raised in…
An adverse Audit New Zealand report on Waipā District Council’s Long Term Plan was withheld from the public watching online until the following day but mentioned several times during an extraordinary council meeting last week….
