Skatepark work to start 

Work is about to start on an $800,000 skatepark in Cambridge. Waipā District Council’s community services manager Brad Ward said the new Dominion Avenue facility will be a big attraction appealing to elite skaters as…

A Cambridge 11-year-old whose mother died and was brought back to life has gone to great lengths to thank the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew that helped save her. Tommy Peters handed over a $16,300…

Public health officials have revealed why they told Waipā District Council to fluoridate Cambridge’s water supply and not other towns or villages. It simply came down to size and was a numbers’ game, the health…

Two more candidates have put their hands up for the Waipā mayoralty. But only Bernard Westerbaan’s nomination had been acknowledged by elections.nz when this edition went to press. Kihikihi based Westerbaan, a ratepayers group member…

Kia ora candidates As part of our election coverage, we are seeking to understand Waipā candidates’ views across a multitude of issues. We will use the results from questions we put to you to present…

Two firefighters who between them have given 67 years’ service to Cambridge and attended over 14,200 calls and musters have been presented with life membership to the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. Don Weinberg and Andrew…

Waipā council staff are on the road this week to get more comments from residents about dogs. They will be in Cambridge at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday and at the car-boot sale in Bank…

  The results of our online survey are in. Susan O’Regan was a runaway winner for mayor in The News’ first online poll of the local body elections. But the result shows she proved more…

Several Cambridge High School hockey players competed for Waikato during the school holidays – one playing for a New Zealand invitation team. Eden Wood scored a goal and was a stand-out performer for the New…

Last week we reported fundraising had started to get six Cambridge area cyclists to Israel next month for the Junior World Track Championships. Today we look at the six athletes who have been selected. Jaxson…