Champion again Waipā councillor Andrew Brown has taken out the Te Awamutu Golf Club’s intermediate division of the club championship for the fifth time. Brown, who plays off a 10.7 handicap, won it for the…
Champion again Waipā councillor Andrew Brown has taken out the Te Awamutu Golf Club’s intermediate division of the club championship for the fifth time. Brown, who plays off a 10.7 handicap, won it for the…
Cambridge’s historic town clock is now a timer without a chimer. But residents and local businesses who use the regular pealing to keep track of their day need not fret. The ‘Westminster Chimes’ sequence –…
Cambridge project manager Jonathan Kay finds himself leading the body count in the Hamilton Playbox’s production of the satirical thriller Popcorn. Kay, who’s real life centres on civil construction, also loves acting and most recently…
Motorists using a black spot intersection in Waipā are now seeing reduced speed limit signs there. Between 2011 and 2021 there were five serious injury crashes and one fatality at the intersection of State Highway…
The half century story of how a small Te Awamutu music group grew to become one of the jewels in Waipā’s crown was celebrated at a concert in the town last Sunday. The ‘50th Celebration…
A two-year bus trial to and from Hamilton is planned for Matangi and Tamahere commuters. But it comes with a proviso. The public transport trial should not come at the expense of the communities’ school…
Magpie madness is back. Throughout the year the boisterous birds can often be seen in the skies defending their territories with two-on-one attacks on kahu – the harrier hawk. Those within hearing range of their…
What could be a world-first research project using model trains to help autistic children is primed for launch here thanks to the efforts of Cambridge miniature train enthusiasts. The purpose-built folding Thomas the Tank Engine…
After Hokitika resident Jimmy Gordon made hundreds of handmade poppy bowls out of recycled matai and pounamu during the covid pandemic he gave two to the Cambridge RSA. Now one of them is heading to…
The long-term Southern Links roading plan will unlock fertile Waikato land and open up commercial opportunities for the Waikato and Waipā districts. The project will link State Highway 1C from Kahikatea Drive in Hamilton to…
