Fund to reduce waste gets $10,000 boost
Waipā has been allocated an extra $10,000 to invest in projects and ideas that rethink, reduce and reuse waste across the district. The money comes from the Ministry for the Environment but is administered by…
Waipā has been allocated an extra $10,000 to invest in projects and ideas that rethink, reduce and reuse waste across the district. The money comes from the Ministry for the Environment but is administered by…
Anyone who has watched television programmes where people retrace their family history will know it can be a fraught experience. Tragic stories of babies born out of wedlock, lives lost far too young, injustices and…
When Janine Krippner saw the stone axe sitting on her parents’ bookshelf alongside some family photos at their Paterangi farm next to Lake Mangakaware, she immediately knew it didn’t belong there. Eight years in the…
Sarah Ulmer is one of our greatest cyclists, the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal. The only medal I’ve won of any note is a gold for winning the Northland junior…
Waipā’s average rate increase will go up six per cent, but residential and commercial ratepayers will find themselves paying way more than that because the value of their properties are about to increase significantly. It…
The construction of a new signalised pedestrian crossing on Ōhaupō’s main street will start later this year. Work was anticipated to start in early 2023 however, due to procurement difficulties, it will now start at…
Waipā will send two representatives to France – mayor Susan O’Regan and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley – to the opening of the New Zealand Museum and Visitor Centre in Le Quesnoy. The two…
Waipā has sent four of its staff to help out weather stricken areas in Hawke’s Bay, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato. They have held positions of response manager, welfare, intelligence and planning support for a combined 232…
Ōhaupō landowner Nick Jennings broke down and was unable to continue with his evidence at an independent hearing last week heard to consider a retrospective application to construct vertical and horizontal kiwifruit shelters around his…
Cambridge is resorting to Dad’s Army tactics to recruit extra sets of eyes and ears in support of retailers hit hard by escalating crime. The call for volunteers – men and women – to join…
