Eight events will receive help from the $18,210 remaining in Waipā District’s Promotion and Community Event funds. The Takapoto showjumping classic in February gets $3000 while the New Zealand Big Air freestyle BMX nationals –…
With increases to food, rent, interest and fuel – are you having trouble meeting your debt repayments? If you are struggling to make repayments then it’s best to talk to the person or organisation you owe money…
Deputy Mayor Liz Stolwyk is in France as part of a Waipā delegation attending the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum. She filed this column from Le Quesnoy for readers of The News. It…
Tatua has announced a record income of $537 million in delivering a cash payout to shareholders of $12.30 per kilogram of milksolids. The independent company based at Tatuanui, near Morrinsville, retained a slice, amounting to…
Bev’s best brew What better way to start last Sunday’s International Coffee Day than with a brew you’ve had a hand in making? Bev Geange, a resident of Arvida Lauriston Park in Cambridge, helped café…
Rob and Janet Weeks were visiting Cambridge this week and did a double take when they saw a sign advising them to be cautious of swooping magpies. It was a new one for the Canadian…
PAUA Architects will undertake a feasibility study for a new library in Cambridge. The study on behalf of Waipā District Council will look at different options available for the library and the potential inclusion…
Waipā District Council is streamlining its public art collection. Today’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee agreed staff should reduce council’s 104-piece indoor art collection down to 70 works, disposing of 34 items. Museum and heritage…
New Zealand have clinched the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship after a dramatic last-minute winner in Papeete yesterday. With only seconds remaining, Katie Pugh sealed the title for the Kiwis to break Fijian hearts, who had…
Fifteen large, poisoned trees, and a group of smaller weed-type trees, are being removed on Karāpiro’s Maungatautari Road. The removal of the exotic trees near the Brooklyn Water Ski Club starts Monday and will take…
