Waipā District Council is currently reviewing its Gambling Policy. The Waipā district has 232 gaming machines (also known as pokies), located at 15 venues. We understand that a portion of money spent on pokies is…
Waipā District Council is currently reviewing its Gambling Policy. The Waipā district has 232 gaming machines (also known as pokies), located at 15 venues. We understand that a portion of money spent on pokies is…
Waikato District Council will introduce a targeted rate to continue restoring and preserving the Tamahere gully network. Councillors voted last week to levy Tamahere ward ratepayers $1 a week per property over the next five…
Fifty one Waipā organisations have shared more than $190,000 worth of promotion and event funds and next year’s Waka Ama national sprint championships gets $15,000, the highest grant. The council’s District Promotions committee this week…
Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade’s new Ford F150 was welcomed and blessed at a function at the fire station on Saturday. Around 100 people heard chief fire officer Dennis Hunt explain how the fully-equipped four-wheel-drive ute…
It’s been many years since the Cambridge Town Hall rocked to the sounds of the Andrews Sisters singing In the Mood and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy but that changed last week. The Madeleine Trio –…
Fieldays’ first winter edition with international borders open since 2020 drew more than 105,000 visitors over four days. The event, which wrapped up on Saturday at Mystery Creek was blessed with crisp winter weather and…
Two important pieces of economic data came out last week: the gross domestic product (GDP) figure for the March quarter 2023 and the balance of payments data for the same period. GDP fell 0.1 per…
26 June 2023 – 4pm Dale-Maree Morgan has been confirmed at Waipā District Council’s new Māori ward councillor. All votes in the Waipā Māori ward election have now been counted. Morgan secured 124 votes ahead…
What drove students at Cambridge High and Te Awamutu College to demand action from education minister Jan Tinetti and secretary of education Iona Holsted? Steph Bell-Jenkins finds out. Cambridge High School’s head girl Bella Peacocke…
Thirty people braved reasonably mild conditions at Lake Karāpiro on Sunday for the fourth annual winter solstice swim. “Once you get numb, you can’t feel it (the cold water) anymore,” said organiser Tash Couzner, an…
