Volunteers have stepped up to run Fencourt Hall, alleviating fears the popular facility would be turned over to council control. “We were delighted to see the locals coming out to support the hall and we’re…
Volunteers have stepped up to run Fencourt Hall, alleviating fears the popular facility would be turned over to council control. “We were delighted to see the locals coming out to support the hall and we’re…
Members of Fencourt Hall’s administrative committee have been given confidence that they will have successors when they stand down. The committee, which has been searching for new members for years, held a successful meeting on…
Galah parrots Rockey and Ella are the nosey neighbours who roam central Cambridge, often drawing attention for their exotic pink and grey colouration and their freedom from a cage. The current party of parrots, who…
Two volunteers from Plastic Free Cambridge sewed and donated around 30 reusable produce bags to a Cambridge grocery store to replace the recently banned plastic produce bags. The ban was introduced in an attempt to…
Welcome to Waipā: Home of the Sceptics, for we are champions no more. That’s been confirmed in the latest annual Waipā residents’ survey with 54 per cent of the respondents described as sceptics and a…
Read: We can’t get no satisfaction We take a snapshot of comments from the district council’s residents’ survey. The guys who do the parks and gardens do a wonderful job. I am confident in my…
A year ago he cycled 142km for charity – now Leo Piper is on the receiving end of kindness after a crash that left him hospitalised with concussion, broken teeth and facial injuries. The 11-year-old…
At least 62 Waipā building consents have been caught up in allegedly fraudulent engineering sign-offs. Waipā District Council is one of more than 40 councils impacted by the actions of Jonathan Beau Hall of Kodiak…
Former Waipā district councillor Takena Stirling has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors and his misconduct has cost the Law Society’s Fidelity Fund in the vicinity of $90,000. He appeared before the…
Investments in digital technology, the onboarding of six new nurses and a reboot of the activities calendar is delivering immediate benefits to Bupa St Kilda’s dementia community. The investments include the introduction of Tovertafel, an…
