New plan for domain

New plan for domain

A plan to remove Leamington Domain’s skating rink and build a covered multi-purpose court nearer the croquet green was presented to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week. Reserves planner Bonnie Lewis unveiled the…

Council: how flats are maintained

Waipā District Council says it has gone above and beyond to service the needs of its tenants. The council was responding to a story in last week’s Cambridge News where tenants suggested there has been…

There’s a good boy, Jock…

Tracy Munro took to competing in dog agility competitions when she could no longer ride in horse show jumping events. While there are similarities – the dog runs around a course conquering a variety of…

Pets at her service

A Day for the Animals It was as if they knew the congregation was singing about them, so the 22 dogs, a cockatiel and one gecko maintained a dignified silence. “All things bright and beautiful,…

A singular stuff up

Government authorities took their eyes off the ball when they allowed single use vapes into the country, a leading e-waste operator says. Award winning Waipā-based Urban Miners has saved tonnes of e-waste from landfill in…

Danger of single use vapes

Recycling contractors find it challenging to identify and address the risk of single use vapes at the bin collection stage, Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has revealed. The vapes are instead being picked up on the…

At the end of the battle …….

All together now – the annual community day which doubles as a highly social Battle of the Bridge produced one perfect result last weekend. Hautapu and Leamington’s over 45 veterans fought out a 10-all draw…

School trio on target

Cambridge High School’s Blake Allison, Zach Wood and Annabel Goodrich have shot their way into a national team which will compete against their British counterparts. Cambridge Target Shooting hosted the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Inter-Secondary Schools…

The sound of freedom

It took a while to arrive here, but Kiwi audiences have had the option of viewing the movie, Sound of Freedom in local cinemas. I watched it within days of its New Zealand release, having…

Beauty in the blooms

Waipā daffodil growers Clive Denton and Robin Hill were thrilled to be back ‘home’ at the weekend in the Cambridge Town Hall to show off their prize-winning flowers. The last time they were in the…