Takena Stirling’s resignation from Waipā District Council has sparked media stories about his attendance at meetings. Read: Councillor resigns Stirling missed seven of 11 meetings since December – two of which were to represent the…
Takena Stirling’s resignation from Waipā District Council has sparked media stories about his attendance at meetings. Read: Councillor resigns Stirling missed seven of 11 meetings since December – two of which were to represent the…
Ko Taupiri te Maunga (Taupiri is the mountain) Ko Waikato te Awa (Waikato the river) Ko Potatau te tangata (Potatau the Man) Waikato taniwha rau (Waikato with its myriad taniwha) He piko, he taniwha! (At…
Cambridge’s i-Site faces an uncertain future with the resignation of its chief executive, the loss of a major income stream and indecision about future council funding. Michelle ‘Miff’ Macdiarmid has resigned from Destination Cambridge, the…
I hope you have had a good week. You know it is Autumn when the fog starts rolling in. Just a quick reminder first up, to manually turn on your vehicle head lights. If you…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has put the appointment of mana whenua representatives on four council committees on hold. She made the call today following the resignation last week of Waipā Maori ward councillor Takena Stirling….
For the past 125 years Cambridge Bowling Club has been hosting major bowling competitions, from the National Easter Tournament which ran for 109 years, to our very popular annual Business House Tournament which has been…
Cambridge Middle School student Alanna Rawson has smashed a series of swimming records at the Waikato intermediate school championships. The 12-year-old year eight student broke three records – including one dating back to 1983. Her…
Waipā riders were to the fore at last weekend’s national BMX champs in Tauranga. Cambridge’s Leila Walker and North Harbour’s Rico Bearman claimed the overall elite honours – both also had under-23 Union Cycliste Internationale…
In my line of work “I have a dumb question” is usually followed by a great question that has a complicated answer. “How do volcanoes erupt?” is one of these, and really should be explained…
During an interview, Albert Einstein once said, “imagination is more important than knowledge”. Nobody could refute the fact that that our imagination is a massively potent faculty. It’s capable of producing both good or bad…
