Steph O’Sullivan has returned to her Waikato roots with confirmation this week she will be Waipā’s new chief executive from late August. O’Sullivan was born and brought up in Tokoroa where her grandfather Bernie O’Sullivan…
Steph O’Sullivan has returned to her Waikato roots with confirmation this week she will be Waipā’s new chief executive from late August. O’Sullivan was born and brought up in Tokoroa where her grandfather Bernie O’Sullivan…
Cambridge resident Ruth Hickey has filed an appeal with the Environment Court following Waipā District Council’s decision to allow a six-unit compact housing development in Kelly Road. Hickey, who lives next door to the proposed…
A public meeting last week on the Cambridge Connections and third bridge sent a clear message to residents and Waipā District Council. The gathering of 160 people was characterised by its respectful tone. Residents were…
Community board chairs Ange Holt and Jo Davies-Colley have been brutally honest in an assessment of their own performances tabled in a paper to Waipā councillors this week. It has been a chaotic six months…
The sound of screeching tyres echoed and a big plume of smoke went up over Shakespeare Street late on Sunday night when a vehicle did ‘donuts’ at the intersection with Kingsley street. Thank you to…
Architecture award for pool Cambridge’s Perry Aquatic Centre, Puna Kaukau o Te Oko Horoi, has won a top public architecture design award. The award was presented last night at the New Zealand Institute of Architects…
As our cruise travels down the last leg towards Singapore I have time to muse on the success, or otherwise, of this bustling region of South East Asia. I will loosely describe it as embracing…
Cambridge Connections remains an important issue for the Cambridge community and as a board we continue to advocate strongly for a comprehensive approach to implementation of the transport strategy, including the eventual provision of a…
I was privileged to represent Waikato District Council at a Matangi community gathering last weekend to honour a long-standing community stalwart Graham Membery. Graham was born in Matangi and has lived there all his life…
It was great to see so many people attend our Anzac Day services to honour our fallen last Thursday. As the speakers said, it seems even more pertinent in the current times. I was honoured…
