We have had an eventful couple of weeks in Cambridge. Staff executed warrants at two Cambridge addresses around methamphetamine supply and again recovered evidence not only for drug offending, but also multiple items from Waipā…
We have had an eventful couple of weeks in Cambridge. Staff executed warrants at two Cambridge addresses around methamphetamine supply and again recovered evidence not only for drug offending, but also multiple items from Waipā…
The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill has been named a finalist in two categories in the country’s major media awards. Gill is in the running for the Community Journalist of the Year award and…
It may have ended less than satisfactorily with racing cancelled – gusty winds on Lake Karāpiro the main culprit – but there was still plenty to celebrate as the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission (IBCPC)…
Another AED (automated external defibrillator) has been stolen from a secure lockbox, this time at Horahora Road. The stolen AED is one of two installed on roadside driveways in September 2021 after residents, concerned at…
Flyover campaigner John Hansen says evidence accepted by the Environment Court over the Piarere intersection of State Highway 1 and 29 is out of touch. In ruling Waka Kotahi could go ahead with a roundabout…
A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan says no amount of “tweaking” to an already-flawed Three Waters model will keep Waipā assets under local control. O’Regan was responding to today’s announcement from Minister of Local Government Kieran McAnulty…
The Reserve Bank surprised almost everyone by raising the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points on April 5. In the preceding two weeks, both the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of Australia…
Te Awamutu Museum Trust board chair Dean Taylor has revealed the trust will soon work with the council to “further rationalise” its collection so it is “fit for purpose” for the new $27 million Te…
Despite rocking up in full police kit, Scott Harris was feeling a tad intimidated as he arrived at Cambridge Middle School to find students running laps of the field on Wednesday morning. “I don’t know…
