Karla Lugatiman – Cambridge Ward 1. Operational Deficits and Borrowing (maximum 100 words) Waipā is currently running operational deficits over three years, which reduces the annual rates increase by around 4%. To fund this gap,…
Karla Lugatiman – Cambridge Ward 1. Operational Deficits and Borrowing (maximum 100 words) Waipā is currently running operational deficits over three years, which reduces the annual rates increase by around 4%. To fund this gap,…
Karen Morris – Cambridge Community Board 1. Should councillors sit on the two community boards or should it be just those elected to the board by the public for that specific role? (50 words) Yes,…
It took a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) request from The News to obtain reports that, until recently, were regularly included in Waipā District Council agendas. On the Radar is the council’s…
New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has unveiled plans to improve safety at an intersection near Hamilton Airport. Public consultation opened this week on a series of safety proposals – and one is the introduction…
A Taranaki farm owner of a Waipā farm and its contract milkers have been fined a total of $27,000 for failing to ensure 230 cattle had sufficient food. The charges dated back to 2022. JKD…
Last week we discussed how much – or little – Waipā District Council was spending on print advertising for the election campaign. If your digital feed is full of Waipā adverts, that is where your…
The fourth and final China Youth Art Exhibition and New Zealand-China Cultural Connection Book Fair was held in the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday. Organiser Dandi Wang made the announcement of its last appearance before…
A celebrated Samoan-born businessman who made history as New Zealand’s first Pasifika computer science graduate and the first to earn an MBA, spoke last week on the value to his life of ‘cause and effect’….
If schoolbags could talk, Dean Cogswell’s 60-year-old leather one might have an interesting tale to tell – but its half-century disappearance promises to keep that secret. Dean is a member of Cambridge’s long-established Cogswell land…
Sleek lines and smooth curves dominated vehicle shapes at Sunday’s vintage car Daffodil Rally for Cancer event. It was the New Zealand Vintage Car Club’s national day and hundreds of vehicles around the country joined…
