More planting has been carried out in what is being developed into an ecological corridor between Maungatautari and Pirongia. The two maunga have successful pest control and restoration programmes and are separated by a distance…
More planting has been carried out in what is being developed into an ecological corridor between Maungatautari and Pirongia. The two maunga have successful pest control and restoration programmes and are separated by a distance…
Caroline Barns-Graham is part of the kaitiakitanga – garden guardians – of the Froude Reserve pop-up gardens in Leamington. She tends to the crops with the help of a team of gardeners from the neighbouring…
Kōkako – and kākāpō – are enjoying life in great numbers in the Waikato. Doc – the conservation department – has revealed the results of its latest survey in the Waipapa South area of the…
Waipā daffodil growers Clive Denton and Robin Hill were thrilled to be back ‘home’ at the weekend in the Cambridge Town Hall to show off their prize-winning flowers. The last time they were in the…
The operator of 108 gaming machines at seven venues in Cambridge and Te Awamutu is supporting a cap on the number of pokie machines in Waipā. Limiting the total to 232 would mean Grassroots Trust…
A three-week-old lamb has been anything but sheepish about capturing the hearts of Cambridge rest home residents. After Princess Lambinton was abandoned by her mother last month – Mum had twins and only one udder…
Cambridge’s Chamber of Commerce is calling for stronger action on a proliferation of commercial signs in the town. Chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said it appeared retailers based in the town were required to abide by…
A funding application has been lodged to kickstart a significant refurbishment project at Taylor Made Spaces. The long-term project will take place over three stages, with the first to start in late January – assuming…
St John’s Anglican Parish in Te Awamutu has confirmed an “awfully difficult” decision. The News revealed last month that historic stained-glass windows at both of Waikato’s only category one historic buildings – part of the…
Reporter Mary Anne Gill was rushing to another job and couldn’t stop to ask this man what he was doing on Victoria Square last week. The man seemed to be using a metal detector and…
