Cycleway extended

Cycleway extended

The next stage of Te Awa River Ride – between Tamahere and Hamilton Gardens – is expected to open in a fortnight. Te Awa chair Simon Perry told Waipā District Council this week there would…

Sports hall move delayed

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is staying in Dunedin another year but is heading north to the Velodrome in Cambridge after that. In a high-powered presentation to Waipā District Council this week, representatives…

Councillors cut the pay pie

Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk is in for a $22,850 pay rise to $66,835 a year while other returning councillors also get significant pay increases. Pironga-Kakepuku ward member Clare St Pierre’s salary goes up $19,241…

Storm clouds above

The honeymoon is well and truly over for the newly elected Waipā council with confirmation the “perfect storm” chief executive Garry Dyet predicted during the election campaign has landed with a thud. The warning of…

Full house at police station

About 1000 residents toured the new Cambridge Police hub on its community engagement day with patrol dogs Valko and Bluey among the star attractions. Waikato district western area commander Inspector Will Loughrin said the Saturday…

Armistice event draws crowds

More than 2000 people attended the two-day Armistice Day Cambridge event at Lake Karāpiro at the weekend which organisers say is on a par with past years. And that’s despite bad weather on the Sunday…

104 years on

The French and New Zealand flags flew at half mast next to the Fred Graham sculpture in Lake Te Koo Utu Domain last week to mark 104 years since New Zealand soldiers liberated the northern…

Concert in the park

The late withdrawal of Cambridge Brass Band musical director Rob Hocking with Covid and inclement weather meant attendance for the annual free Armistice Salute Concert on Sunday, in front of the Victoria Park cricket pavilion,…

Stand and deliver…

Do not expect to see any political in-fighting on the Cambridge Community Board while Jo Davies-Colley is chair. It is an environment she wants nothing to do with and she thinks voters and mayor Susan…

Weeding out lake issues

A robotic kayak invented by Waipā engineer Jeffrey To is on course to capture what’s going on in Waikato’s lakes. Ngā Roto near Te Awamutu has koi carp aplenty, some sunken objects including a 55m…