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Council gives a bee plus

Restrictions beehives are to be removed from the draft Waipā Animal Nuisance Bylaw. And people wanting to keep beehives at or above the second storey of a building can also do so provided the building…

Council explains ‘buy local’ push  

Waipā District Council says a Buy Local campaign using its ratepayer funded communications department will focus on its own social media platforms. Details of the campaign were unveiled at an unadvertised council workshop last week…

Belated honour for Peter 

Cambridge economist Peter Nicholl has received an international award for his work as governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nicholl, who writes a regular column for The News, received the Central Banking…

End of pass rules celebrated 

Between 50-200 people entered Waipā District Council facilities on Tuesday to celebrate the end of vaccine passes. Nina Parker, a Cambridge woman who launched a legal fighting fund last December to prevent the council requiring…

Four funerals – and a wedding

Hundreds of people packed the Cambridge Raceway stands to farewell publican Richard Bright and extend their sympathies to the families of the other men who died with him in the March 20 boating tragedy off…

O’Regan: I Won’t Stand

The race for the Waipā mayoralty has been given extra spice with the shock announcement this week experienced councillor Susan O’Regan – regarded by some as a potential contender – will not stand again. Mayor…

Complaint made over quarry

An opponent to a planned quarry just south of Cambridge has told the Waikato Regional Council he believes an unconsented sand quarry is operating in the same area. Rhys Powell lodged a complaint with the…

Painting will be a fundraiser

A large painting of poppies by one of Cambridge’s leading artists, Carole Hughes, is being auctioned this month to raise funds for the Cambridge and Te Awamutu branches of the Returned Services Association (RSA). Bidding…

A dual purpose – Pirongia Memorial Hall

“Not an Obelisk of stone but a memorial of utility, where the people could gather socially, and in meeting assemble.” this is what a Mr J.T Johnson said upon opening the Pirongia Memorial Hall, 100…

‘Like the wild west’

A letter writing campaign is calling for more police resources to be directed to fight the country’s rampant increase of antisocial driving. In Waipā, 386 complaints of antisocial driving incidents were received by police last…

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