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Quarry consents on hold 

Nine of the 13 major resource consent applications received by Waipā District Council in the last quarter are on hold pending further information. They include plans to operate a sand quarry in Ōhaupō, extend one…

Town hall trust takes control  

A lease and service agreement has finally been signed between the Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust and Waipā District Council, 14 months after the trust’s first meeting. Trust chair Kirsty Johnson hinted at one of…

No ordinary man

There are times when writers are rewarded beyond their wildest dreams for going the extra mile. In researching for one of his books while in Britain, Graeme Woodfield was given access to a treasure trove…

The change challenge

In the future, a network of shared paths and cycleways could cover much of Te Awamutu and Cambridge – but why? ‘The current system of just relying on cars is not going to cut it’ …

Waipā recycling sabotaged by ‘Blatant laziness’

Bags of blood, human faeces, pig heads, and dead cats. These are some of the horrors that Waipā residents have left for people like Pare Te Huia to sort, by hand, out of their recycling….

O’Regan challenges Mylchreest

Susan O’Regan is putting her political career on the line with an “all or nothing” run at the Waipā mayoralty. Twelve weeks after she announced she was getting out of local politics to work in…

Susan O’Regan – On the Spot

What is your position about a third bridge over the Waikato River near Cambridge? My position on the bridge is really clear – I want a third river crossing for Cambridge – that’s what we…

Hard worker takes his rest 

ROY GOWER: 14.7.1934 – 31.5.2022 Roy Gower did many things during his well-lived 87 years. He had been a truck driver, real estate agent, hotel owner, station hand, historian and farmer. But the eulogies at…

New home for plaque 

A plaque that once carried the hopes of people who threw coins into a wishing well in Cambridge has been restored and given a new home. The plaque, which carries the engraved message ‘A coin…

Winter – and Summer 

The Cambridge primary school teacher who was one of the first people to see a change in Batten Disease sufferer Summer Mudford, participated in a 5km awareness run in appalling winter weather conditions on Saturday….

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