Any financial benefits in changing the management of water services throughout New Zealand are unlikely to have a long-term significant impact in Waipā, district councillors have been told. A Service Delivery workshop was held on Tuesday to prepare councillors to make a…
Waipā District Council has closed off one of its popular Lake Te Koo Utu tracks due to slips. The 245m Sam Lewis Track at the south-west of the lake which comes out opposite the Good Union Cambridge…
Frank Broekmans and Kevin Pepperell might be two of Cambridge’s newest residents, but they’ve quickly endeared themselves to the community with their collection of flags. Every day Frank hoists a nation’s flag on the flag post outside their…
Auckland’s loss has been Cambridge’s delicious gain since celebrity food writer Allyson Gofton and her family moved to Waipā two years ago. Gofton and her husband Warwick lived in Meadowbank, Auckland, for 20 years before…
In a town chock-a-block with sporting champions, you’d be hard-pressed to recognise arguably one of its greatest. David Butcher has been at or near the top of his harness racing game since he drove his…
Waipā District Council’s reputation has taken a big hit in the latest annual residents’ survey. Satisfaction with the council’s performance plummeted from 40 per cent in 2020 to 27 per cent in the financial year…
Ray Moncur, one of Cambridge’s enduring veterans and a man known for his links to the town’s sporting communities, has died aged 102. Ray was one of the few who were awarded life membership to the Cambridge Returned Services Association (RSA). When family gathered to celebrate his June 7 centenary in 2019, he was acutely aware that the…
Cambridge Community Board has $60,000 available as part of its Community Discretionary Fund for not-for-profit groups and organisations offering services and support to Waipā communities. Applications will open on February 7 next year and close March 19. Priority will be given to…
This year could be a fundraising record-breaker for the Cambridge Lions, with over $205,600 already funnelled into the community since January and more than $17,300 donated in grants during July alone. Those figures are after…
Another local Government leader has voiced his opposition to the Government’s Three Waters plan – as district council mayors talk about referenda on the issue. Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington says his council has…
