Council to check slip by bridge

Part of the riverbank between Fergusson (Low Level) Bridge and Achilles Avenue in Cambridge has slipped into the Waikato River. While Waipā staff say the slip is “not significant” compared to other slips on the…

The last person to vote in Cambridge was Pip Roderick who arrived very flustered just after 11.55am. “I leapt out of the shower and into the car and came in from Karāpiro,” she said. “I…

John Wood will join the Te Awamutu Community Board after provisional votes saw him oust provisional member Norris Hall today. Special votes are yet to come. Wood, a semi-retired drainlayer/plumber, has links with Pirongia having…

Susan O’Regan has beaten incumbent Jim Mylchreest to be the new Waipā mayor. The 50-year-old Kakepuku farmer becomes the district’s first female mayor and only the fifth since the district’s establishment in 1989. It was…

Maungatautari has a secure funding future if responses from candidates for both Waikato Regional and Waipā District councils are an indication. Funding should continue to protect the Sacred Mountain so future generations can enjoy it,…

The minister responsible for putting the brakes on online voting for local body elections six years ago says the digital option still comes with risk. Taupō MP Louise Upston, part of whose electorate takes in…

The century-old Cambridge Raceway is to undergo a significant multi-million dollar facelift. Details were revealed exclusively to The News today by chair Graham Bowen and chief executive Dave Branch and come a fortnight after Waipā…

Waipā District Council has negligence claims totalling $8.5 million contained in an Annual Report newly elected councillors will have to approve in their first weeks in office. The court proceedings against the council are revealed…

Sitting councillors have had ‘exclusive’ access for eight weeks to a ratepayer satisfaction survey which produced a negative result for Waipā District Council. Two of the four mayoral candidates and a candidate in Pirongia have told…

Urban Miners has a new truck thanks to what is probably the last piece of generosity by Waipā councillors in this term. At its final meeting in Te Awamutu on Tuesday, councillors agreed to gift…