The ongoing cleaning and maintenance of veterans’ graves has been boosted with a donation of supplies from a Cambridge business. The Cambridge RSA and its ‘Remembrance Army’ team received the donation last month from Mitre…
The ongoing cleaning and maintenance of veterans’ graves has been boosted with a donation of supplies from a Cambridge business. The Cambridge RSA and its ‘Remembrance Army’ team received the donation last month from Mitre…
I do not know whether to shake my head, send a stern letter or just go with the flow. Yes – I am talking about Waipā District Council. Firstly, let me be fair and clear….
I was recently fortunate enough to spend a day in and around Rotorua with GNS Science volcanologist Brad Scott and two visitors from the Tonga Geological Sciences. Brad has an incredible knowledge of the area….
Stories about Waipā council’s proposal to build a third bridge over the Waikato River through long-standing Cambridge suburbs dominated The News’ online presence last month. Website visits were up 28 per cent on February and…
More than 1000 people gathered to honour the 160th anniversary of O-Rākau, a battle that helped define the New Zealand wars. The ceremony on Tuesday began with a 7am dawn service, flag raising and karakia,…
The contribution of Ōtorohanga college students to the teaching of Māori history was acknowledged at this week’s commemorations at O-Rakau, A significant petition, driven by the Waitomo rangatahi a decade ago, was returned as taonga…
Women famously fought alongside men at O-Rākau. Many, if not most of the whānau at Tuesday’s commemorations were remembering lost tūpuna wāhine as well as tāne. Among them were cousins Aroha and Mikaela Tapsell, who…
A Cambridge-based academic who spoke last month about her own experiences says mental health services in New Zealand are severely compromised in terms of providing support that is more helpful than harmful. Sarah Gordon, an…
The departure to Australia of Waipā District Libraries’ outreach librarian Dee Atkinson leaves a pint-sized hole and big running shoes to fill. The diminutive Dee has earned the moniker ‘energiser bunny’ because of her high-energy…
As Waipā grapples with a disillusioned electorate and hotly contested arguments over a new bridge and museum, a councillor in a neighbouring authority has cited his own frustrations and blown the whistle on his political…
