A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a local network 33kV substation owned by Waipā Networks. The aim…
A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a local network 33kV substation owned by Waipā Networks. The aim…
Cambridge Primary School decided it was time to take out the trash – in a much smarter way. And now the school has been given a financial boost to keep the work going. “Seventy-five per…
The success of Sanctuary Mountain’s conservation efforts has been underlined with the arrival of another six kākāpō from the South Island The bird were released last week, a move enabled by Ngāi Tahu and welcomed…
Award-winning scientist and founder of Hill Laboratories, Dr Roger Hill, may have taken on a test too far when trying to convince Cambridge University of the Third Age (U3A) members that analytical chemistry was riveting…
Double decker electric buses will operate from Leamington and Kihikihi through to Hamilton and back from January 1. The news was in a report tabled by Waikato Regional Council’s public transport planner Katherine Simpson to…
Cambridge’s sister city relationships with Le Quesnoy and Bihoro are to be rekindled following a self-imposed Covid lull. Community board chair Jo Davies-Colley and Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan head to France next month for the…
Fewer high school subjects and wearing school uniforms are just a couple of life variations our latest Rotary exchange student Marie Witzel is adjusting to. The 15-year-old from Graz in Austria arrived in New Zealand…
A plan to remove Leamington Domain’s skating rink and build a covered multi-purpose court nearer the croquet green was presented to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week. Reserves planner Bonnie Lewis unveiled the…
Myles Prebble was at home “doing nothing” during the Covid lockdown, so he decided to make a ukulele from resources in his shed. Fast forward to late last month and he was behind a considerably…
Waipā District Council says it has gone above and beyond to service the needs of its tenants. The council was responding to a story in last week’s Cambridge News where tenants suggested there has been…
