By Ricky Lam Track cyclist Lily Cawood was among the award winners when the 2021 Waipā Youth Awards were announced online. This year’s awards attracted 97 nominations and 52 awards were made. The awards are open to students…
By Ricky Lam Track cyclist Lily Cawood was among the award winners when the 2021 Waipā Youth Awards were announced online. This year’s awards attracted 97 nominations and 52 awards were made. The awards are open to students…
An application to establish Cambridge’s ninth bottle store in Victoria Street has been reviewed by the District Licensing Committee and will go to a public hearing. Waipā Enforcement manager Karl Tutty said the council was working to confirm…
By Ricky Lam Cambridge based wakeboarder Morgan Haakma is helping with a fundraising campaign which aims to raise $200,000. It’s the second time Morgan has backed the “Show Me the Christmas Cookies” project which supports St. John, KidsCan, The…
Cambridge businesses say they have been threatened with closure by police if they take their trade outside. And the issue has prompted their MP, Louise Upston, to ask if “we have become a police state…
A Waipā-based charitable trust that works alongside disabled people so they can develop their skills and abilities has applauded sweeping changes in the disability sector. The government last week announced it would move disability funding…
By Deb Thurgood Is it just me or has November come around really quickly? This week I am writing on the topic of children’s wellbeing. As I write we have heard of the move to…
Waipā has hit the 90 per cent mark for first Covid vaccinations and is leading the Waikato. Cambridge North is sitting on 84 per cent fully vaccinated and is in a close race with Oaklands-St…
Is it just me or has November come around really quickly? This week I am writing on the topic of children’s wellbeing. As I write we have heard of the move to level 3 – step 2…
Cambridge author Meemee Phipps is hoping for some creative intervention so she can finish the final book in a trilogy examining the history of the Chinese in New Zealand and beyond. But lockdown and a…
Cambridge ward councillors Roger Gordon and Philip Coles say they “totally support” Waipā District Council’s decision to start investigating whether a third bridge is needed in the town but wants residents surveyed for their views….
