Two men who have toiled tirelessly for Cambridge Lions’ ‘Trash ‘n Treasure Market’, Bill Cairns and Gus Wackrow, have stepped back to leave new man Pat Whyte at the helm from July 1. The monthly…
Two men who have toiled tirelessly for Cambridge Lions’ ‘Trash ‘n Treasure Market’, Bill Cairns and Gus Wackrow, have stepped back to leave new man Pat Whyte at the helm from July 1. The monthly…
John Hansen’s dream of seeing a flyover rather than a roundabout at the Piarere intersection of highways one and 29 appears to have been dashed. The Cambridge resident’s case won a lot of support in…
Waipā council will spend quarter of a million dollars more than budgeted this financial year because of a restructure in the communications team. The annual spend will be $722,812 which includes some, but not all,…
The Cambridge Rotary Club’s new president David Partis wants to add a ‘Rotary’ element to the town’s well-established sister city relationship with Le Quesnoy in France. Among his stated focus areas for his year in…
More details have emerged about John Patrick O’Brien, the former New Zealand soldier buried at Hautapu Cemetry in May after his body went unclaimed in Waikato Hospital’s morgue. Tauranga reader Wendy Napier-Walker is an amateur…
The Friends of the Cambridge Historical Society and the Cambridge Le Quesnoy Friendship Association are teaming up to present a pre-Bastille Day event with author Nathalie Philippe. Originally from Paris, Nathalie Philippe has been living…
The organisation behind the weekly Cambridge Farmers’ Market has confirmed it no longer operates under a charitable trust status. This follows revelations in The News last week that Waipā District Council intends extending the market’s…
The almost indecent haste Waipā District councillors decided to continue with First Past the Post for the next two local body elections, given the woeful 39.65 per cent turnout at last year’s election, came as…
Tears flowed as Dale-Maree Morgan’s whānau handed her over to Waipā District Council following a pōwhiri welcoming the new Māori ward councillor on Friday. Both Morgan and mayor Susan O’Regan were visibly emotional as the…
“Well then, that’s not something you see every day, is it?” Meet Monty – Cambridge Riding for the Disabled’s (RDA) therapy pony. Fast becoming known for lifting people’s spirits, he’s now taking his personable nature…
