When Donna Warwick saw the heavy rain falling on Sunday morning she wondered what impact that might have on her beloved Waipā Fun Run. A record 691 competitors entered the event, now into its 14th…
When Donna Warwick saw the heavy rain falling on Sunday morning she wondered what impact that might have on her beloved Waipā Fun Run. A record 691 competitors entered the event, now into its 14th…
Our close ties to para team Four of the five para athletes name to represent New Zealand at the world track chams are from Waipā and the King Country. The team announced last week comprises…
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it has no issues with garlic being used in a dog food sold in supermarkets. The ministry was responding to concerns raised by Cambridge resident Emile Valkenborg about…
It is clear that Waipā District Council has, at long last, come out into the open regarding a future traffic plan for Cambridge. Although, to be more precise, a general domicile for a possible third…
Fencourt’s Andrew Johnstone is known to Good Local Media readers as the subject of a Costa Botes documentary When the Cows Come Home. He has also come out on the side of a planned incinerator…
Have you noticed how many songs carry the theme of ‘moving on’? Gaining inspiration from their circumstances, writers create lyrics about ‘moving on’ – a readily identifiable common reality we’ll all face throughout life. Whether…
Just over $100,000 allocated by Waipā District Council to a Covid recovery fund will be returned unspent to council coffers where the community needs caused by the changing financial landscape is greater. The council approved…
I love that volcanoes never cease to amaze me. I spent a few days last week just southeast of Ruapehu assisting two PhD students with their fieldwork. One is working to understand a set of…
Waikato District Council has decided to defer its next Long Term Plan (LTP) until 2025. Using the opportunity offered under legislation repealing the previous Government’s Three Waters programme, the council will switch to an ‘enhanced…
It has been 551 days since Waikato Hospital doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour ballooning inside Fionnlagh Adams’ brain. At risk of death from the pressure building in her skull, the four-year-old was rushed to Starship…
