After Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the Exclusive Brethren, he was lost as he had been taught not to challenge authority nor ask any questions. “We were told if you don’t understand it, don’t question…
After Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the Exclusive Brethren, he was lost as he had been taught not to challenge authority nor ask any questions. “We were told if you don’t understand it, don’t question…
Type the surname ‘Hoyle’ into the Waipā cemetery online database and several dozen names pop up. When we meet, Craig Hoyle is standing in front of one of them at Hautapu Cemetery in Cambridge –…
I hope everyone enjoyed the long Easter weekend and managed to get a break. Unfortunately, opportunist criminals sometimes see holiday weekends as a great time to commit more crime. Ford Courier utes seem to be…
Cambridge High School is looking to successfully defend its title when Waipā neighbours Te Awamutu College host the Waikato Regional Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn festival on Friday (April 5). It…
Waipā will host its first Home and Leisure Show next month. Good Local Media – publisher of a trio of community newspapers – Cambridge News, King Country News and Te Awamutu News – has organised…
Young Cambridge actors have key parts in the coming Playbox Theatre company’s production of The Borrowers which opens I just over a week. Thomas Briston, Holly Fulforth, Liam Dobson and Lyra Slaughter are among a…
The recent Department of Statistics release of gross domestic product data for the December quarter, 2023, showed that New Zealand is ‘officially’ in recession. The phrase ‘being in recession’ is applied to a country when…
A Cambridge-based musician is hoping the initial success of his first single Raven Blues on all streaming platforms earlier this month gives his Extended Play (EP) album a boost when it is released next week….
Standing 19 metres tall at what is considered a main ‘gateway’ to our town, is a cross. Maybe the fact it’s located close to what’s known as the Memorial Gates is fitting. At night the…
Four of Hamilton and Waikato Tourism’s local authority partners – including Waipā – will reduce their funding from July 1. And the flow on impact is likely to hit the region hard with job losses…