Cambridge streets were packed with supporters and students from the 150 schools competing at Lake Karāpiro in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships, lined up with their banners in Wilson Street. The anticipation was…
Dunedin’s Columba College students were already winners before their boats hit the Lake Karāpiro waters for the Maadi Regatta which started on Monday. They took out the best banner award for what judge Waipā mayor…
Cambridge i-Site will close on June 30 following cutbacks, a rent increase and Riverside Adventures’ decision to move out of the Town Hall space. Destination Cambridge, which has 150 members and previously ran the i-Site…
Consultation about emergency traffic access is underway with residents and businesses in one of Cambridge’s oldest streets. The 290m long Fort Street is mostly residential but is home to police and St John as well…
The infamous Hallys Lane toilet block in Cambridge will be demolished and construction on new toilets begin in June. Paths leading to the public toilets will be improved and dedicated road markings added to affected…
It’s 6.30am and 20 students line up in the Cambridge High School gymnasium ready to be put to the test in a gruelling programme which will test their physical and mental ability while getting to…
Jacqueline Fairey was 17 when she told her parents, “All I want to do is work on a farm,” rather than go to university. She had finished sixth form at St Peter’s College in Palmerston…
A decade of voluntary bush clearing, plant growing, path construction, building bridges and installing retaining walls was honoured with the official opening of Te Puna Marama in Cambridge on Monday. Representatives present were from Ngāti…
Waipā is print-ready with water asset plans, Mary Anne Gill reports, but Chris Gardner finds one of their proposed partners is still making its mind up. Waipā District Council has revealed it plans to go…
Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder says he will stand for both Waipā and Hamilton councils at the upcoming local body elections. Bydder, a 54-year-old Cambridge architectural designer, has ruled out a bid for Waipā mayor…
