A council committee tasked with receiving operational reports from the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust met once in the two years before the trust’s current cash flow crisis. Waipā District Council contracts the trust, which operates…
A council committee tasked with receiving operational reports from the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust met once in the two years before the trust’s current cash flow crisis. Waipā District Council contracts the trust, which operates…
The chair of St Peter’s School board has rejected claims the private Cambridge school is facing another crisis following news Head of School Marcus Blackburn has gone on extended leave. John Macaskill-Smith, who chaired the…
Cambridge’s top men’s and women’s football teams remain on course for promotion to the Northern League. The men have demolished opposition in the Southern Conference – and made it 20 wins from 20 on Tuesday…
It was a packed house at Taupō MP Louise Upston’s Friendly Forum in Cambridge last week but nothing of a “local” nature was discussed for the first 50 minutes. Disability advocates from outside the electorate…
Waipa Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan made an impassioned plea supporting Māori wards ahead of her colleagues’ decision to retain them this week. The decision will spark a binding poll at next year’s local body…
This week a counterfeit $50 note was presented at a local business. Where there is one note, there may be more. The Reserve Bank website provides comprehensive information around key identifying features of legal tender….
When Pat Chant moved into Cambridge Resthaven 14 months ago, one of her first highlights was seeing the daffodils flower in neighbouring Payne Park. So, at the weekend, the 94-year-old was out on her walker…
The weather gods turned it on for Sunday’s annual Vintage Car Club (Waikato) fundraiser for the Cancer Society. Waikato VCC members travelled through Waipā to the club’s Cambridge base at McLean Street, some of them…
Waipā councillors today voted to support Māori wards. The decision means voters will be polled at next year’s local body elections on whether to continue with having an at large Waipā Māori ward in the…
Two weeks ago, Luke Brooke-Smith dreamed of becoming a professional football player. Now, he is one. “It just doesn’t feel real,” the 16-year-old Cambridge student said. “When people say congratulations on a professional contract that…
