Rates: where to now for council?

Rates: where to now for council?

An early return to the debating chamber today for Waipā councillors to flesh out double-digit rates increases has been cancelled so staff can grapple with a long-term plan thrown a huge curve ball last month…

Council has it Taylor made

A Taylor Street sign at the northern end of Hugo Shaw Drive is about 450m of paddocks away as the crow flies from another Taylor Street sign outside Cambridge Raceway. Confused? So was The News….

Late for school

“Fiscal constraints” have delayed the opening of Cambridge’s new primary school by two years, The News can exclusively reveal today. Despite the infrastructure outside the school now largely in place, no buildings have gone up…

Winning with cast offs

11 January 2024 – 8.30pm Breaking News: Sacred Mountain wins the group three Flying Stakes Mobile Trot tonight at Cambridge Raceway with trainer Nicky Chilcott in the sulky. Good Local Media has been following the…

New housing scheme opens

Bridge Housing, an initiative started by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust, opened on the outskirts of Cambridge last month with $4 million pumped into it by the trust. In the future there will be 60-70…

Museum goes from strength to strength

Hundreds of patrons have been through Cambridge Museum since it reopened last month after the completion of seismic strengthening work in the historic old Courthouse building. Manager Elizabeth Harvey said between December 15 and Sunday,…

Blood donors queue up

An appeal for blood donors resulted in a record collection in Cambridge three days out from Christmas. And one of them queuing up to give blood after a break to have children was Amelia Boss…

News in your hands

Good Local Media has launched two new applications (Apps) today giving readers and advertisers the perfect companion to its three printed products. The announcement comes as the latest annual online readership figures for the publisher’s…

Bad luck comes in three

Stop Press – 3pm 21 December Extension granted An extension of up to one month will be added to Waipā District Council’s Long Term Plan programme after official notification from the Government Three Waters legislation…

Chilcott takes a tumble

Cambridge champion mare Sacred Mountain has a black mark next to her name after she misbehaved at Alexandra Park in Auckland on Friday night. Trainer Nicky Chilcott, driving the five-year-old in the Thames Members Handicap…