Cambridge News editor Roy Pilott has today refuted suggestions his newspaper invented a story in which Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet warned election candidates about a financial storm brewing. Mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has posted…
Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest has made a personal submission on criticising Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity. The draft NPS-IB sets out how to identify Significant Natural Areas (SNA’s) which must be protected, including…
Rural highways are being upgraded as part of a programme targeting high-risk routes for motorcyclists. The $6.3 million safety improvements on sections of 25 rural roads are part of a joint venture between ACC and…
The Government is about to pile “up to $100 million of unnecessary compliance costs onto farmers” because its freshwater regulations are more than a year overdue, National’s Agriculture spokespeople Barbara Kuriger and Joseph Mooney say….
A $5 million concept plan for Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park was one of the most contentious parts of Waipā’s Long Term Plan consultations last year. Front-line staff copped abuse while parks and gardens staff dreaded…
Debate is continuing over the case for a third bridge over the Waikato River, or a clip-on for the Ferguson (Low Level) Bridge with the addition of an on-off ramp for Waikato Expressway near Cambridge…
Cambridge based Peter Setchell, founder and former proprietor of Millfield Stud, has died after battling cancer. His funeral service was scheduled for today at the Woodside Estate in Matangi. Setchell, his late brother Graham and…
Free ‘how to’ digital banking classes come to Waipā next week. “Dora” the digital banking bus will be available to provide three sessions are available in both Cambridge and Te Awamutu next Wednesday and Thursday….
Waipā mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has outlined complaints he plans to make to the Media Council in which he suggests Good Local Media has shown bias, that he has been the victim of bullying and…
We asked Waipā candidates to tell us what their philosophy for the district is and why they are the person to promote it. Here’s what they had to say (in alphabetical order). Elise Badger (Cambridge…
