A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan says no amount of “tweaking” to an already-flawed Three Waters model will keep Waipā assets under local control. O’Regan was responding to today’s announcement from Minister of Local Government Kieran McAnulty…
Te Awamutu Museum Trust board chair Dean Taylor has revealed the trust will soon work with the council to “further rationalise” its collection so it is “fit for purpose” for the new $27 million Te…
Despite rocking up in full police kit, Scott Harris was feeling a tad intimidated as he arrived at Cambridge Middle School to find students running laps of the field on Wednesday morning. “I don’t know…
Three more AEDs – automated external defibrillators – have been placed in and around Cambridge – one at Unichem in Victoria Street, one at Roto-o-Rangi Hall, and one with the Cambridge Community Patrol. Heartsafe Cambridge…
History can be found everywhere – and in Richard Cato’s case, in a bottom drawer. The advocate for getting family stories recorded and told has produced another book with Anzac links.Richard Cato and Kingsley Field…
Appellants against a decision to allow a kiwifruit orchard to expand around three sides of their rural property will argue the commissioner who made the decision used a flawed understanding of regulations. Nick and Vanessa…
A Cambridge grandmother turned the tables on thieves – by ramming the ram-raiders. And she has told the story to The News on condition she is not identified. The 63-year-old Cambridge resident was making an…
Former St Peter’s Catholic School pupil Caroline Gill, whose teaching career included a stint at St Peter’s School in Cambridge, has had a long history with the University of Waikato. The Sacred Heart Girls’ College,…
A photograph of a young heifer cooling off in a water trough has taken out the People’s Choice Award for the Cambridge Autumn Festival photo competition. Approximately 230 people voted, with the winning image gaining…
