Waikato Regional Council has unveiled its draft regional public transport priorities for the next 30 years. The plan includes bringing climate change and emission reductions from a footnote to a headline and introduces greater connectivity…
Waikato Regional Council has unveiled its draft regional public transport priorities for the next 30 years. The plan includes bringing climate change and emission reductions from a footnote to a headline and introduces greater connectivity…
Two mobile baristas are using their coffee-making skills from quite different platforms. Miriam Ellis parks her custom-made cycle coffee cart in Payne Park outside Resthaven in Cambridge while Te Awamutu’s Rebecca Petch plies her trade…
Dogs look certain to remain welcome at Cambridge’s Lake Te Koo Utu – but a call from the district council for community feedback has been met with howls of criticism Waipā District Council announced last…
National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger has warned of dire consequences if the food and fibre industry cannot get a fair and workable solution in the climate space. She has tagged the government-primary sector partnership He…
Another Waipā District councillor has ruled out a tilt at the mayoralty but has confirmed he will stand for council. Roger Gordon, who is in his first term on the council after a stint on…
Retired academic and bandsman Chris Hendy has been recognised for his lengthy involvement with the Brass Band Association of New Zealand (BBANZ). A ceremony held as part of the May 25 Cambridge Brass Band annual…
Cambridge High’s annual $1000 Ritchie Pickett scholarship for excellence in music has gone to drums and piano musician—and year 13 student—Ben Wiles. Ritchie Pickett was a New Zealand country music singer-songwriter described by NZ Musician…
Summer Mudford is one in a million, literally. Her parents Vanessa and Ray of Cambridge say their beautiful 8-year-old daughter is the only child in New Zealand with her type of Batten Disease, a fatal…
How traffic from Waipā heads north – and returns home – is about the change. Good Local editor Roy Pilott gets an early look at the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway which will open…
Demand for Waipā commercial sections, led by interest around Hamilton Airport, is fuelling the workload for district council staff. Growth and Regulatory group manager Wayne Allan told councillors at this week’s Strategic Planning and Policy…
