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Threat at Waipā council

The office has now reopened 22 August 5.23pm Waipā District Council staff received a threat by telephone this afternoon from a person in relation to a dog issue. As per normal process, council advised police…

Rooks – needles in a haystack 

The annual attack on rooks in the Waikato region is underway – and the regional council says it is in catch up mode. In recent years the council’s control programme has reduced numbers of the…

Too many challenges to list… 

Rural communities are suffering through a lack of access to decent health services, it is dangerous and it is time something was done about it says Rural Women New Zealand. “The health and wellbeing of…

Feds fear ‘centralisation’  

Bigger is not necessarily better – and probably won’t be in the case of the proposed new mega water services entities, Federated Farmers says. While there are problems with three waters delivery and infrastructure and…

A new police base for our town 

By the time this column goes to print, Cambridge Police staff will have moved into our new base on Victoria Street. So exciting! Early on Monday, I attended the blessing of the new building with…

It’s a city sized sledgehammer

Last week Mary Anne Gill reported planners at Waipā District Council were unhappy with the Government’s housing intensification plans which they say will change the face of the district. Council chief executive Garry Dyet has…

Lions’ share for Moana-Rose

Little Moana-Rose Dryland thanked the Cambridge Lions for her new play areas in the way most four-year-olds would. Clasping the hand of her leading Lion Graeme Surgenor, she pulled him up the ramp and over…

Steampunkers a hybrid lot

If ever you needed proof steampunkers are a hybrid lot – able to seamlessly transform themselves from the 19th century to today – then their presence at the Cambridge Town Hall on Sunday confirmed it….

Why local is so vital

A tiny corner of the internet is about to wink out. Tamahere Forum, a hyper-local community news website covering Tamahere since 2008, is closing down. News of Tamahere Forum’s demise may well reflect the quote…

Shots fired over new bridge

Long-standing Waipā councillor Clare St Pierre is “concerned” two Cambridge councillors have predetermined views on a third bridge over the Waikato River and say they should not be part of a project working group preparing…

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