A fledgling Waipa not-for-profit organisation – Ko Wai Au Trust – is planning the next phase of its community-minded aspirations. The News reported on the trust’s launch in March and seven weeks later there are…
A fledgling Waipa not-for-profit organisation – Ko Wai Au Trust – is planning the next phase of its community-minded aspirations. The News reported on the trust’s launch in March and seven weeks later there are…
Waipā farmers finally have a free solution to complete an accurate and approved farm environment plan which shows their farm terrain down to the nearest metre. Three-dimensional mapping data known as LiDar (Light Detection and…
Hitting the lip of the jump at speed, he pulls on the handlebars, tips his head back and watches the snaking black asphalt open into a wide expanse of sky. When he’s up there, climbing…
You might say his aspirations are sky high, but there’s no doubt former Cambridge High School student Rohan Redgrave’s childhood dreams are – quite literally – taking flight. Now he’s landed a “hugely exciting” new…
Waipā District Council has scooped up yet another major award for its first spatial plan – this time against competitors from across the ditch. Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan has won the Community…
Some of Waipā’s recycling collection is being trucked to Hamilton and Auckland for sorting to relieve pressure on the Te Awamutu sorting centre. The pressure created by excessive contamination – residents putting non recycling rubbish…
Shivani Kant has taken the plunge into business, she told invited guests at the opening of the Kip McGrath Education Centre in Cambridge on Saturday. She was talking about her decision to become one of…
Learning Links Childcare Centre in Te Awamutu participated in a pilot community waste minimisation programme which resulted in 1244 fewer full nappies going into landfill. Given a full nappy can weigh anything between 1-2kgs, that…
An audit of the district’s art has taken place with a view to assessing what is worth keeping and what can be officially removed from Waipā District Council’s collection. More than 120 paintings, prints, sculptures…
Along with an abundance of cafes, our town is well endowed with antique shops… places where real treasures are often found. My daughter recently made me aware of one treasure that I had tended to…
