Letters to Editor – 5 September 2024

Council gets it right On Father’s Day, my husband and I with our two daughters, aged 6 and 8, went for a bike ride. Crossing at the Shakespeare St roundabout for the first time since…

Lucy Ryan is confident Hamilton Gardens will continue to be popular with Waipā residents despite the city council’s decision to introduce an entry fee for out of towners. The gardens’ director estimates about a third…

Our online report “Mums are in the same boat” – the story of Cambridge rowers Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors winning gold at the Paris Olympics – was the best read story on the Cambridge…

When Dave Branch and the Cambridge Raceway board said they wanted more racing at the track, they didn’t expect it to be on Tuesday nights. It went against tradition – later in the week has…

Ruth Crampton got knocked down, then got up again, got knocked down and got up again and in the words of Chumbawamba – “you’re never gonna keep me down.” Talking at the Destination Cambridge annual…

Cambridge Chamber chief executive Kelly Bouzaid has appealed to Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan to support fast tracking Waikato Expressway on and off ramps at the end of Tīrau Road. “They would allow through traffic, particularly…

Fire and Emergency have become noticeably more involved in the vetting process for new liquor licences in Waipā. In his annual report to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority, Compliance manager Karl Tutty said the…

The chair of St Peter’s School board has rejected claims the private Cambridge school is facing another crisis following news Head of School Marcus Blackburn has gone on extended leave. John Macaskill-Smith, who chaired the…

It was a packed house at Taupō MP Louise Upston’s Friendly Forum in Cambridge last week but nothing of a “local” nature was discussed for the first 50 minutes. Disability advocates from outside the electorate…

Waipa Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan made an impassioned plea supporting Māori wards ahead of her colleagues’ decision to retain them this week. The decision will spark a binding poll at next year’s local body…