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…
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…
A warm welcome was given to the official return of driver testing in Cambridge today, but Waka Kotahi were not let off the hook for their past decisions. “When our town lost our ability to…
A Waipā hapū representative group is being overwhelmed with resource consent applications which should be reviewed by staff first. Council staff have acknowledged they are “pushing” more applicants to talk to consult first with mana…
The trust behind three proposed sporting halls of fame in Waipā has embarked on its months’ long engagement campaign by presenting to the Cambridge Community Board. Trust chair Graeme Maw has also released a video…
An ambitious plan to drain Lake Te Koo Utu and refill it with water from a Maungatautari spring and cut down deciduous trees around the lake has caught Waipā District Council by surprise. The proposal…
