Tonight’s the night

note clarification – Cambridge Chamber represents 430 businesses Two Waipā chamber candidate meetings – the first tonight in Cambridge, the second seven days later in Te Awamutu – will influence who business owners want as…

Good Local Media promised you the best coverage possible of the election in Waipā and we are delivering. We challenged every candidate to respond to 10 questions on issues such as borrowing to fund shortfalls,…

It took a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) request from The News to obtain reports that, until recently, were regularly included in Waipā District Council agendas. On the Radar is the council’s…

Last week we discussed how much – or little – Waipā District Council was spending on print advertising for the election campaign. If your digital feed is full of Waipā adverts, that is where your…

The fourth and final China Youth Art Exhibition and New Zealand-China Cultural Connection Book Fair was held in the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday. Organiser Dandi Wang made the announcement of its last appearance before…

The golden clam’s grip on the Waikato River has been laid bare. Lake Karāpiro’s annual lowering exposed millions of spent golden clam shells littering the lakebed’s sand and gravel, mingling with scattered kākahi shells –…

Charlotte FitzPatrick – Cambridge Community Board 1.    Should councillors sit on the two community boards or should it be just those elected to the board by the public for that specific role? (50 words) Councillor…

Two Waikato regional councillors and chief executive Chris McLay attended the recent Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference in Christchurch. The council was a member of LGNZ at the time of the conference because even…

The 2028 local body elections could be run by the Electoral Commission if wide-sweeping changes recommended by a Local Government NZ electoral reform working group are adopted. But for this year’s election, two private companies…

Lake Te Koo Utu, once a place of peace and pride in the heart of Cambridge, is now in quiet crisis. Its waters continue to decline – clouded not just by sediment, but by a…