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Local history welcomed 

Waipā schools are welcoming a change to the curriculum that will require students to have a greater understanding of local history. “It is important, it is part of who we are. It is what makes…

Funding mooted for Resthaven 

A plea for financial assistance by Cambridge Resthaven to Waipā District Council, as the community trust embarks on a two-year $36 million redevelopment programme, will now be considered as part of the council’s Annual Plan…

Paul’s work is mostly play…

Paul van der Hoek is in a job he loves looking after Waipā District Council’s playground assets. And that’s despite the fact his duties include cleaning up vomit, graffiti and removing rubbish. Van der Hoek,…

Playground work takes shape 

It has been a mixed week at Lake Te Koo Utu with work on the senior playground ahead of schedule while there is a delay in the raingardens development, due to start this week. Waipā…

Caretaker finds a treasure trove 

If you knew Kay Connolly when she was a sixth form student at Cambridge High SchooI in 1966, then school library manager Glenys Bichan wants to hear from you. Kay designed a new school coat…

Schools unite for Ukraine

Those who gathered around the blue and yellow lit Cambridge Town Hall on Friday did so for “one simple reason,” Cambridge High School head girl Anna Smith says. “[We gathered] to show our support to…

Mayor on the offensive

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest has lashed out again at the Government for its “contempt” of local government through its proposed reforms. And he and fellow Te Awamutu representative Lou Brown are scathing of Local Government…

Give us head with hair…

As the lunch bell rings at Cambridge Middle School, students surge from their classrooms, sprinting towards the cricket pitch in the centre of the playing field. The long concrete strip has been converted to a…

‘Waipā’ airport jets ahead

Expect to see jet planes over Waipā skies. Waikato Regional Airport Ltd, which operates Hamilton Airport on behalf of five local authorities including Waipā district, has revealed plans to develop a new corporate jet precinct…

Council jobs offered back

Five Waipā staffers laid off because they refused to have Covid vaccinations have been offered their jobs back. Council chief executive Gary Dyet has told The News “in light of the changing circumstances” and new…

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