Green shoots are showing

Waipā real estate agents are quietly acknowledging what appears to be a lift in the market but are not celebrating yet despite figures out this week showing listings have increased. The average price for the…

Fathers Day on a roll A change in the weather, a new cycle pathway to explore and Father’s Day resulted in the best turn out yet for Bicycle Revolution’s Spring Roll. More than 100 riders…

New member Former Christchurch City Council chief financial officer Carol Bellette – current finance director at AgResearch – will become an independent member of Waipā District Council’s Audit and Risk committee. She is already deputy…

Lights out A power cut left northern Cambridge residents in the dark at around midnight on Saturday. The cause was a fault on one of Waipā Network’s high voltage underground cables. Bus tour A Waipā…

Bus tour A Waipā District Council bus tour to Huntly to visit Opportunity Shops there and get a free cup of coffee is funded by the Ministry for the Environment’s Waste Disposal Levy which must…

August 12, 5am Gold for Ellesse Andrews in the women’s sprint, her second gold at the Paris Olympics. The Cambridge-based Kiwi has claimed three medals – two golds and a silver – at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome,…

Owner prosecuted An owner of a classified dangerous dog will face prosecution following an attack on another dog which resulted in severe injuries. Waipā’s animal control staff fielded 18 dog bite reports in the three…

Safety improvements on State Highway 1, near Cambridge, are almost complete, bringing some changes for road users. Construction in the area got underway in March 2024 and includes a new turnaround bay just north of…

Nifty shades of Gray In charge of the telephone exchange starting late last century at the Waikato Times she was,  in many ways, the newspaper’s public voice. Now Hamilton’s Operatic Society is planning the ultimate…

Drysdale wins Cambridge financial advisor and former Olympic Games gold medallist Mahé Drysdale is Tauranga’s new mayor.  With over 80 per cent of the vote counted, Drysdale had 13,419 votes, 5000 clear of second placed…