One morning last week we were awoken at dawn, by something strange… an abandoned car sat just outside our house, with its motor running. A smashed window and mangled ignition barrel on the steering column,…
One morning last week we were awoken at dawn, by something strange… an abandoned car sat just outside our house, with its motor running. A smashed window and mangled ignition barrel on the steering column,…
26 June 2023 – 4pm Dale-Maree Morgan has been confirmed at Waipā District Council’s new Māori ward councillor. All votes in the Waipā Māori ward election have now been counted. Morgan secured 124 votes ahead…
What drove students at Cambridge High and Te Awamutu College to demand action from education minister Jan Tinetti and secretary of education Iona Holsted? Steph Bell-Jenkins finds out. Cambridge High School’s head girl Bella Peacocke…
Thirty people braved reasonably mild conditions at Lake Karāpiro on Sunday for the fourth annual winter solstice swim. “Once you get numb, you can’t feel it (the cold water) anymore,” said organiser Tash Couzner, an…
The Cambridge Community Board is looking to get a reading on public sentiment as members champion the opportunity for a new library and community hub. At the board’s June meeting held yesterday, Wednesday, after The…
“He’s probably never been shown love. Yet, the warmth he reciprocates when someone cares is amazing.” Examples like Frankie are largely why Sally Fraser does what she does. She helps dogs in either one of…
The long term capabilities of Waipā’s 10 public cemeteries may have become clearer but iwi and hapū are frustrated at the challenges they face developing their own urupā. Engaging with Māori on the issues they…
An $8.6 million extension of the Cambridge cycleway through to the Victoria High Level bridge has been approved to proceed to detailed design and procurement. The route – named the Cambridge Pathway – turns from…
Four passionate Māori candidates have put their names forward to be a Waipā district councillor, but they are struggling to get constituents to the polls. When The News went to press only 176 people –…
The Lions monthly Trash n Treasure market is unlikely to move back into town in the next few weeks given its success at Hautapu’s Memorial Park. More than 130 stall holders and about 2000 plus…
