Waipā District Council ratepayers may be facing lower proposed rate increases than others around the country and staff say that is partly because of growth. Council is consulting on its draft Long-Term Plan which proposes…
Waipā District Council ratepayers may be facing lower proposed rate increases than others around the country and staff say that is partly because of growth. Council is consulting on its draft Long-Term Plan which proposes…
League is back on the rise in Waipā. The Te Awamutu Sports Firehawks will play in the reserve grade of the new season’s Waikato competition under coach Victor Heke, and the club has also established…
St Peter’s Catholic School marked the end of the last school term with a grand opening of its $140,000 multi-purpose turf. The project has been a long-time in development, going through two school principals, Debra…
Ōtorohanga has stolen a march on fellow Waikato councils and voted to create a Māori ward for its 2022 elections. In doing so it opted against the consultation process favoured by sister councils. The decision,…
The Waipa Network Business Awards was once again another successful night with a well-known website design company taking the top honour. Rocketspark founder and CEO Grant Johnson said being a company that deal with clients…
Waipā District Council has opened feedback lines for the Streets for People project which has apparently polarised Cambridge residents. The project which has seen a series of temporary changes made to streets in Cambridge and…
The roar of over 100 motorcycles carrying more than 180 riders and pillion passengers was heard through the region last weekend as the Waikato chapter of the Tribal Nations Motorcycle Club took to the streets…
Six residents at Bupa St Kilda Care Home in Cambridge took six weeks to create a knitted mosaic of remembrance for Anzac Day. Resident May Dodds, along with volunteer Jude Bowen, was inspired by resident…
Waipā District Council staff issue 169 parking tickets during March, most in the Te Awamutu and Cambridge CBDs. Drivers were parked illegally in disabled parking spots, on broken yellow lines, on the footpath and breaching…
More than 280 people gathered for the twice-delayed Te Miro School and District Centenary last Saturday 10. “We were thrilled to be able to hold the event after having to postpone due to Covid 19…
