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When Peter and Robyn Carr moved to Cambridge it was a matter of convenience. By 2005 they had grown tired of the bustle of Auckland and decided it was time to move south to be…
When Peter and Robyn Carr moved to Cambridge it was a matter of convenience. By 2005 they had grown tired of the bustle of Auckland and decided it was time to move south to be…
As we emerge from the shadow of an epidemic and endure cost of living rises, one thing is certain in 2024 – councils around the country, including Waipā, will announce major rate increases. Waipā’s proposed…
The new government will be asked to approve or decline the waste to energy plant application for Te Awamutu. A statement from the Waikato Regional Council last week announced it is asking Environment minister Penny…
He’s gone from fact to fiction. Cambridge born economist Peter Nicholl, who appears fortnightly in The News with his Talking Economics column, has released a political thriller book. Sanctions in Paradise has South African infiltrators…
Just do it and do it properly. That’s the message from the Waikato Chamber of Commerce to the incoming government about the Cambridge to Piarere Waikato Expressway extension shelved in 2017. Discussing a list of…
A Cambridge lobby group has started a battle to stop the town’s water supply bring fluoridated. The outgoing director general of health Ashley Bloomfield instructed the Waipā District Council to add fluoride to Cambridge supplies…
Waikato’s fledgling kākāpō population is proving too inquisitive for its own good. It was revealed this week three of the 10 birds brought up from the bottom of the South Island to Maungatautari had managed…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan celebrated a successful year for the district but warned of stormy waters ahead last week. The mayor spoke at the annual Celebrating Waipā gathering at the Sir Don Rowlands Centre, Karāpiro,…
When Te Awamutu Intermediate’s all-star kapa haka group was at the Celebrating Waipā event at Karāpiro last week it was hard not to notice year eight student Pokaia Heke. Pokaia has been recovering from a…
A delegation from Cambridge’s Japanese Sister City, Bihoro, was given a full welcome and tour last week, The group of eight, including the Mayor of Bihoro, Koji Hirano, and Chairman of the Bihoro Town Council,…
