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Honouring Don

The Waipā community will give Cambridge fire chief Don Gerrand a huge send off on Saturday with a street parade and a service at the Town Hall. Don died in Waikato Hospital on Monday following…

It’s waste not, want not……..

A Waipā submission to the Ministry for the Environment about food recycling will include a suggestion to look at channelling some food waste to animals first before composting. The suggestion came from councillor Susan O’Regan…

Fire chief dies

Long serving Cambridge fire chief Don Gerrand has died. Waipa mayor Jim Mylchreest made the announcement at today’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee. Don, 72, who was Cambridge News’ Person of the Year last year,…

Talking economics: Inflation is everywhere 

Inflation has again been in the news recently – and the news just keeps getting worse. Last Thursday’s announcement of inflation of 6.9 per cent for the year ended March 31 revealed just how far…

‘Toxic’ tree for the chop

A protected black walnut tree at the end of Le Quesnoy Place in Cambridge has been felled to make way for the latest home in a European-styled housing enclave. Cambridge Tree Trust chair John Moodie…

No offence intended… 

I found myself on the receiving end of a bit of a ticking off on Monday. It was Anzac Day. I contacted a colleague from another company on a matter to do with work on…

On the beat: Finders are not keepers 

I hope you have had good week. Today I want to talk about theft – the type of theft where you find something that is not yours, yet do not hand it in and rather…

Residents put Fonterra on notice 

Relations between Fonterra and residents around their Hautapu plant remain frosty in the wake of approval being given for the dairy giant to build a wastewater treatment plant. The company said last week it was…

Anzac Day, as it should be

The crowds returned to Cambridge’s two Anzac Day services on Monday with standing room only in the Town Hall for the Commemorative Service. Support was back to pre-Covid days as in the still of a…

Your Honour?

Te Awamutu councillor Lou Brown is well known as a councillor who shows great respect – and he took it to a new level at a full council meeting this week – referring to Waipa…

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