Friday could become the new Wednesday at Waipā District Council. The council switched to holding committee and full council meetings from Tuesdays to Wednesdays in January. The move came despite concern raised by Good Local…
Friday could become the new Wednesday at Waipā District Council. The council switched to holding committee and full council meetings from Tuesdays to Wednesdays in January. The move came despite concern raised by Good Local…
Landowners across the Waikato have once again stepped up to protect and enhance our environment, partnering with Waikato Regional Council to complete 347 voluntary environmental projects in 2024/25. Together, these efforts have retired 1140 hectares…
A gathering at the Le Quesnoy Sculpture in Cambridge last week commemorated the 107th anniversary of the 1918 liberation of the French town by Kiwi soldiers led by Cambridge’s second lieutenant Leslie Averill. It…
Waipā connected players are once again scattered across the Pacific following the 2026 Super Rugby squad namings last week. There are 12 players and coaching staff with Hautapu connections, eight Te Awamutu Sports alumni, one…
Members of the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade were described as ‘champions and everyday heroes’ by Taupō MP Louise Upston at their annual honours evening. The event celebrated the efforts of firefighters and brigade supporters during…
A conversation about the cost-of-living crisis overheard in a supermarket led to the opening of a new community food bank in Cambridge. A Te Manawa o Cambridge Trust team member overheard a fellow shopper struggling…
Mike Pettit kept his teaching skills sharpened as he welcomed 100 new New Zealand citizens last Friday at the Te Awamutu Presbyterian Centre. New citizens came from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, Fiji,…
Improvement seen New Zealand is making progress in the fight against anti-microbial resistance, with sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics falling for the seventh consecutive year, says New Zealand Food Safety’s (NZFS) deputy director-general Vincent…
Waipā’s trailblazing role in New Zealand’s aeronautical history entered a new chapter last week with the launch of the country’s first electric aircraft at Hamilton Airport. Over the coming weeks, look to the skies as…
Each week, I review the past seven days of reported incidents in Cambridge in preparation for writing this column. As always, our team responded to a wide variety of calls. This week, we attended four…
