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Feral cat call gets support

Waipā has welcomed the announcement that feral cats will be added to New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 strategy. Last week conservation Minister Tama Potaka confirmed feral cats will join possums, rats, stoats, weasels and ferrets…

Message received

Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte FitzPatrick and board member Chris Minneé took an early step towards explaining the board’s work to the wider public when they addressed last week’s final meeting for 2025 of the…

Fatigue: a killer on the road

Coroner Rachael Schmidt-McCleave has issued a warning to motorists ahead of the festive season about driver fatigue. Scania Rangi Te Whare of Te Kūiti died from injuries suffered in a crash at Ngāhinapōuri in November…

Amelia makes a difference

Karāpiro School student Amelia Seath-Boyte has been celebrated as one of nine finalists in the national Fred Hollows Humanity Awards. The annual award, open to 9-11 year-olds, recognises young New Zealanders who make a positive…

Connection timing was out

Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte FitzPatrick failed to get tonight’s board meeting rescheduled. FitzPatrick had hoped the board could meet before yesterday’s Waipā District Council Strategic Planning and Policy Committee meeting to provide input into…

Sizing up the challenge

Scouts have renamed their annual Lake Arapuni capsize camp to honour a late leader. The camp, held annually at Bulmer’s Landing in Wharepapa South for nearly 30 years, has been renamed the Kahawai Capsize Camp…

New look at town’s history

A new book outlining the story of the establishment of the military-settler town of Camp Cambridge in the mid-1800s has been penned by former Cambridge Historical Society president Grant Middlemiss. His new book, The Siege…

Blindsided by responsibility

Waipā mayor Mike Pettit says he was blindsided by the government announcement that a mayoral board would take on the role of regional councillors. “I expected something along the lines that the regional councils were…

Trust springs into action

A newly formed trust has launched its first restoration project in Cambridge Aroha Cambridge Charitable Trust is working with Waipā District Council to clear invasive weeds from the public path area connecting Resthaven retirement village…

Willis on growth and reform

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has outlined her vision for council funding, banking competition, and women’s leadership, while celebrating New Zealand’s export success and future growth. Speaking after a Waikato Chamber of Commerce business luncheon last…

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