Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte FitzPatrick is looking to bring next month’s meeting forward for members to discuss a trio of draft problem statements relating to Cambridge Connections. Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy…
Deputy Waipā mayor Jo Davies-Colley is backing calls to move Te Awamutu Christmas Parade back to a Sunday. “I do understand that a Saturday morning in Te Awamutu is a busy time for traders,” Davies-Colley…
Cambridge Christmas Parade is being organised by the Lions Club of Cambridge on Sunday December 7. The club has assumed responsibility for the parade after the closure of the town’s iSite which was formerly responsible…
Despite reaching his milestone centenary last Sunday, there is very little about Reid Calder that is slowing down. He’s up early each day, hitting the iPad to catch the latest online news. Technology is no…
Waipā District Council strategy manager Kirsty Downey says enhancing how the council works with community boards remains a priority after a decision not to re-establish the control group monitoring the work. Councillors agreed not to…
Cambridge’s newest boutique hotel – once a run-down rough place that the local MP needed a police escort into – now tells a story of resilience, vision and community pride. Tourism minister Louise Upston cut…
Waipā councillors and council staff have been challenged to carpool. “If you are not modelling what you’re teaching you’re doing something else,” Waipā mayor Mike Pettit told a Cambridge Connections workshop in Te Awamutu. “There’s…
Road tolling is likely to help fund the long‑awaited 16‑kilometre Cambridge to Piarere expressway. The project is fast‑tracked as a Road of National Significance and property acquisition and design work is underway. The community had…
Out in force The Waikato Business Awards – held in Hamilton last week – comprised the gala dinner, attended by nearly 800 business and civic leaders. It is now the country’s most successful awards event…
Z raided Robbers made off with a till despite a fog cannon being activated by staff during a raid at Z Cambridge today. Police say four people entered the station around 6.35am and jumped over…
