More details of the thwarted attempt by Waipā District Council to buy the former Bunnings building in Cambridge for a new library have been revealed, as has an alternative site. The council’s Property Projects manager…
More details of the thwarted attempt by Waipā District Council to buy the former Bunnings building in Cambridge for a new library have been revealed, as has an alternative site. The council’s Property Projects manager…
A “quite cosy” exclusive deal arranged by Te Awamutu Community Board chair Ange Holt with a media company she has had an involvement in has drawn flak from her own members. It was announced last…
Several Waipā district council staff face losing their jobs because they refused to get Covid vaccinations. The News understands 50 of the council’s 330 staff did not initially support the council’s Covid-19 Staff Vaccination Policy…
Cutting hair has never felt like work to Debra Jenkins. “It doesn’t feel like a job, it just feels like catching up with people,” she said. But after running her Leamington barber shop for 17…
Following the opening of the Wairau Gallery in Whangarei earlier this year, Cambridge now has its own dedicated space for Māori toi (art). Te Toi Whakaahua gallery celebrated its formal opening on February 25, where…
Waipā looks set for a mayoral contest for the first time in six years at October’s local body elections. The News revealed exclusively last August that Jim Mylchreest planned to stand for a fourth term…
A testimonial from his club president has earned a Cambridge 17-year-old a gleaming trophy. Stephen Wallace has been riding at the BMX track in Cambridge for 10 years. “This rider helps remind us that BMX…
The Waipā community will soon see the impact vandals are having in the district when council staff cannot complete general maintenance work. Community Services acting manager Brad Ward made the prediction to the council’s Strategic…
More than half a century after they first enlisted, four Cambridge veterans have been presented with their New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) for service they saw in south-east Asia. Colin Parkinson, Sandy Sandford, Doug…
Rotarians, civic and business leaders gathered in Cambridge last week for a demonstration of the workings of Waipā Rotary’s enterprise, The Urban Miners, and to celebrate its recent big win. Run by Cambridge Rotary Club,…
