Waipā District Council is drafting a submission against the building of the Paewira waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road in Te Awamutu. Councillors who debated the plan last week said they believed the wrong…
Waipā District Council is drafting a submission against the building of the Paewira waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road in Te Awamutu. Councillors who debated the plan last week said they believed the wrong…
Almost everything about Sunday’s book launch at Ōhaupō School of Valerie Millington’s ‘Ellen of Denniston’ was intended to deliver a sense of time and place. And deliver it did, in spades. The hall, creaking with…
Fifty four Waipā residents are on the waiting list for one of the 93 pensioner housing units owned by the council. The biggest number is in Te Awamutu where there are 23 on the list…
There have been flight cancellations in Indonesia recently following the eruption of Lewotobi Laki-laki, reminding us that volcanoes can impact areas far away from the eruption location. Volcanic ash is the most far-reaching hazard that…
The life and comics of a Waipā artist who suffered a debilitating disease are being celebrated in two volumes of his work. Dean Ballinger, who died at age 48 in 2022 after enduring Motor Neuron…
Being ‘precise’ has importance for good reasons. Multiple areas of life demonstrate how a ‘near enough will do’ approach can result in disaster. Engineers and builders understand why it’s important not to take liberty with…
A former police crisis negotiator and personal protection officer has been delivering conflict management training to Waipā District Council staff and elected members. Lance Burdett, who now works for Wellness, Awareness, Resilience and Negotiation (Warn)…
In 1975 the frail, though determined, figure of Whina Cooper hobbled the length of the North Island at the head of a slow-moving hikoi of many, predominantly Māori, people, to make a case at the…
Waipā District Council is preparing its 2025-34 Long Term Plan (LTP). The plan is a comprehensive and complex strategic document which sets the direction for the district over a 10 year period and is formally…
Cambridge retailers will decide later today if they want a two hour parking trial introduced before Christmas. Cambridge Chamber of Commerce pressured Waipā District Council last week following its decision to relax parking times in…
