Domain job to tender

Domain job to tender

Waipā District Council will go to the market to find a company to provide onsite management at its Lake Karāpiro events venue. GL Events Ltd, a company owned by deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and her…

More take city bus bargains

Half-price bus fares as part of the government’s cost of living support are contributing to an increase in patronage on regional bus services from Cambridge and Te Awamutu to Hamilton. And those numbers are expected…

Sharing spaces on the streets

Erik Van Der Wel is part of a team at the forefront of getting Waipā residents out of their cars and onto a network where they can safely walk, bike or scooter. The $10.9 million…

A triumphant return

Peter Parker was 18 when he fell in love with his 1962 Triumph TR4. Not long after, he fell in love with Diane from Waharoa and the three of them went on their honeymoon together…

High level paint job

What do the Eiffel Tower and Cambridge’s Victoria Street Bridge have in common? It is one of those Mastermind questions everyone in town should know, says Waipā Transportation asset engineer Paul Strange pointing towards the…

Now thieves target utes

Cyclone Gabrielle has certainly hit the country with force.  I know that many of you were affected directly, locally with fallen trees, power outages and slips or indirectly having friends or family displaced elsewhere in…

Tractors on a health trek

“Approximately 50 per cent of mental health conditions start before a person turns 12 years old and one in four New Zealand children will experience a mental health issue before the age of 18,” –…

Te Ara Wai cost revealed

Ratepayers could pay all up more than $27 million for Waipā’s Te Ara Wai Museum in Te Awamutu, and the bulk would be spent over the next two years. A revised budget was due for…

Planning for the passed

Concept plans for Waipā’s 10 cemeteries have been unveiled revealing nearly two thirds of residents prefer a body burial rather than cremation. They also show Te Awamutu, Hautapu and Paterangi cemeteries could be full within…

Rotary Tractor Trek launch

Daryl Gibbs knows all too well the impact children’s mental health issues are having on society today. The Cambridge Middle School principal says 140 children from his school – 20 per cent of the roll…