Waipā land city bound

A huge tract of Waipā land bordering Hamilton to the west and south will be transferred to the city council in a strategic agreement between the two local authorities. But it could be years before…

Twenty five Waipā residents, who swore their allegiances to King Charles III last week to become citizens, can probably lay claim to being among the first in the Commonwealth to do so. There was no…

Waipā disability organisations appear to have kept their concerns under the radar during the local body election campaign if responses to The News’ latest candidate surveys are anything to go by. Twenty five percent of…

Self-proclaimed evangelist Chris Woodhams warned Cambridge will “drown in our own poo” without a new wastewater treatment plant and an infrastructure upgrade. He gave himself the title of an evangelist and made the sewage claim…

Five months ago, Roger Gordon posed for a series of photos with Cambridge photographer Michael Jeans which he planned to use for his district council election campaign. But in a misunderstanding with his computer filing…

‘Continuity’, ‘loss’ and ‘service’ have been at the forefront of adjectives used by both mainstream and social media in recent days. Globally, due to the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and locally, following…

The Prime Minister’s chief science advisor has told Waipā District Council the amount of fluoride going into Cambridge’s water supply is a safe level. Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard was responding to a call from the…

Long-serving Waipā Community Facilities Trust chair Merv Gyde is standing down having guided the sports and recreation entity through some challenging times. The trust, founded in 2013, looks after the Te Awamutu Events Centre and…

The popular Te Awa River Ride and Hamilton Road cycleways will be extended into the Cambridge central business district, if Waipā District Council is successful in its application to the Government’s $2.9 billion Climate Emergency…

A popular Cambridge 14-year-old killed in a crash in Pāpāmoa has been honoured with a street name in the new 3Ms Development opposite Te Awa Retirement Village. Hugo Shaw was a talented sportsman on the…