A Judicial Review appeal by JD & RD Wallace Ltd against a Waipā District Council independent commissioner’s decision to grant land use consent enabling the construction of kiwifruit artificial shelters at 383 Parallel Road, Cambridge,…
A Judicial Review appeal by JD & RD Wallace Ltd against a Waipā District Council independent commissioner’s decision to grant land use consent enabling the construction of kiwifruit artificial shelters at 383 Parallel Road, Cambridge,…
The Cambridge Town Hall has partnered again with Chamber Music New Zealand to present the talented Double Shot percussion duo in Waikato later this month. Yoshiko Tsuruta and Jeremy Fitzsimons, who make up Double Shot,…
For the sixth year running Waipā District Council has retained its AA- credit rating. Sydney-based analysts, Fitch Ratings, have confirmed a continued rating of AA- for Waipā in their annual review released on Friday. An…
Terry Blackler, a man described as having the ‘true measure of a Lion’, has been recognised by the service organisation with the release on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari of a Kiwi chick called ‘Blackler Sticky Beak’….
Regional councillor Clyde Graf has called for an end to closed-door workshops. In an exclusive column for The News, he says the Waikato Regional Council held 58 closed-door workshops in 2021-22, where the Hamilton City…
Hello everyone. I’m Jeremy Smith, and I’m really excited to be back as a journalist here at The News. I say back because – as some of you may remember – I was also here…
I was first elected to Waikato Regional Council in 2013, as the representative for the Thames-Coromandel Constituency. Following a six-year hiatus, I was re-elected in 2022 as one of the two representatives for the Waipā/King…
There are around 50 ongoing eruptions right now, but you won’t hear of most of them because they are not big enough to hit the news cycle. Fortunately, many don’t really impact the people around…
Two large areas on the northern side of Cambridge are being transformed from bare land into large retirement villages. Both will be surrounded on their borders by large housing areas, most of them new. One…
A pair of relative newcomers to bridge are earning their stripes with the Cambridge Bridge Club. Sue Keating and Els Cochrane joined at the start of last year’s beginner bridge lessons series. After quickly getting…
