Playground in mind

Design for a playground renewal at King’s Garden in Cambridge is underway following iwi engagement. The playground – on the corner of Tulip Place and Carnation Court – was donated by the subdivision’s developer but…

Regular scheduled trans-Tasman flights could be back on at Hamilton Airport with the first “credible engagement” between international airlines and the airport company in a decade. The introduction of smaller Embraer E190 and Airbus A220…

Archie Griffin grabs his ukelele and starts strumming the first chords of the John Denver classic Take Me Home Country Roads. The 75-year-old reveals it is the song the Riverside Ukes will play as his…

Public transport, the Te Huia railway connection between Auckland and Hamilton and cycleways continue to make headlines in the Waikato. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill spent time in the United Kingdom and Europe recently and…

The designation for a new school in Cambridge, which the Coalition government put the brakes on earlier this year, lapses in 2031, Waipā council’s Strategic and Policy committee were told this week. The answer came…

A parvovirus outbreak in the Cambridge dog pound has been likened to Covid in the way it should be managed. Waipā Compliance manager Karl Tutty confirmed animal control staff had put down four puppies several…

Ivy Oldershaw may have started dancing later than most of her peers, but she sure is making up for it. The Cambridge High School year 12 student is heading to the United States in July…

It’s the show where you can buy everything from items for the home to sheep. And, if you like, take a jetboat ride. The three day Waipā Home and Leisure Show at Karāpiro is a…

Steph O’Sullivan has returned to her Waikato roots with confirmation this week she will be Waipā’s new chief executive from late August. O’Sullivan was born and brought up in Tokoroa where her grandfather Bernie O’Sullivan…

Cambridge resident Ruth Hickey has filed an appeal with the Environment Court following Waipā District Council’s decision to allow a six-unit compact housing development in Kelly Road. Hickey, who lives next door to the proposed…