Sitting inside trying (failing) to keep warm, I find myself daydreaming about Kiwi summers. Something that is part of our culture is heading to the beach, and having spent years overseas I can truly appreciate…
Sitting inside trying (failing) to keep warm, I find myself daydreaming about Kiwi summers. Something that is part of our culture is heading to the beach, and having spent years overseas I can truly appreciate…
Waipā councillors have reluctantly adopted changes to the District Plan which will introduce medium-density residential housing rules across the district. The plan change adopted on Monday allows for two houses, up to three stories high…
A project between Waipā council and disability provider Enrich Plus which taught clients how to make their own low-cost, low-waste household cleaning products using repurposed packaging, has been a success. The community partnership provided great…
Para Kore, a leading not for profit kaupapa Māori organisation specialising in zero waste education has signed a three-year deal with Waipā District council to deliver “world without waste” programmes. Based in Raglan, Para Kore…
Trevor Sills should be dead or dying. But his late father saved his life. Losing his father, Bernard, to prostate cancer 20 years ago prompted the Cambridge coffee cart proprietor to have an annual Prostate…
Waipā residents’ perception of the council is up three per cent on last year but still lower than previous years. Twenty-two per cent of the 485 residents surveyed said they were satisfied with the council’s…
After refereeing more than 100 football matches, Liam Weston is no stranger to the tension a high-stakes game can generate. “You have to control players, and you know you’re going to make mistakes – and…
Waipā District Council has forced the sale of a Cambridge property owned by a person who had not paid any rates since September 2016. Council is owed nearly $32,000 and took a rating sale by…
Steampunkers and their fans filled the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday, clattering and swishing their way around a full programme of family activities. The event was the fourth to be arranged by the Cambridge-based InterlockNZ…
Goodbye cones, well some of them. Waipā District Council has been working with contractors to trial using fewer cones for recent watermain work in Cambridge, Human Resources Operations manager Clark Collins told the Finance and…
