Waipā District Council revealed the size of a proposed rate increase last week. The News’ Mary Anne Gill, the only journalist who follows the council’s work, reflects on a process which enabled councillors to formulate…
Waipā District Council revealed the size of a proposed rate increase last week. The News’ Mary Anne Gill, the only journalist who follows the council’s work, reflects on a process which enabled councillors to formulate…
2023 Person of the Year Shirlee Bennett loves seeing Kaipaki flourish. “If something needs doing, I do it. If something needs fixing, I fix it.” It’s the perfect summary – she’s passionate about family, and…
The year is drawing to an end and this is my last column for 2023. What a year we have had! I want to start again this week with some good news. An elderly local…
Cambridge Police have this week impounded four motorbikes belonging to members of the Greazy Dogs motorcycle gang, following two instances where gang members failed to stop for police. Police signalled gang members to stop on…
Many churches in Cambridge and around the world set up a nativity set at Christmas time. A typical nativity set includes the main characters of the nativity narrative: baby Jesus lying in a manger, Mary…
Emily Dickenson wrote “hope is the thing with feathers which perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all”.’ In our back yard, over the past month, a songbird…
Mandatory is the word we may all not want to hear anymore. And for the last three years we have been stuck with all the rules and what to do wherever we go. This year…
Hope, peace, joy and love are words we hear often at this time of the year. They are the stuff of Christmas cards, written in elegant writing on wrapping paper, emblazoned on Christmas advertising. In…
The 65-year-old Piarere Hall was still smoldering this morning after being “extensively damaged” by fire last night. Police at the SH29 scene just before 10am today told The News fire crews were called to the…
On behalf of Bridges Church, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. There is a real ‘Christmassy’ feeling around the shops of Cambridge, with window displays enticing us to come and purchase…
