Former Waipa Networks Trust chair Craig Sanders is no longer a trustee. Sanders – who led the trust for nine years – told The News on Monday it was because he had moved to Dunedin…
Former Waipa Networks Trust chair Craig Sanders is no longer a trustee. Sanders – who led the trust for nine years – told The News on Monday it was because he had moved to Dunedin…
Tenants in Waipā District Council’s pensioner housing units will see a modest rental increase from next month. The rental increases were received at Tuesday’s council meeting, following an independent rates assessment based on market rental…
Just seven of 30 politicians who responded to a Good Local Media poll said they were comfortable with a three-year term for councils. Twenty thought going to four years was a better option, three were…
Cambridge’s town clock will undergo “open heart surgery” costing more than $450,000 but the upside is once the work is done, operating and maintenance costs will reduce. Property Services project manager Greg Boyle told Waipā…
Ninety Waipā residents were sworn in on Friday as New Zealand residents in the second of two citizenship ceremonies held this year. Nearly a third were from South Africa prompting mayor Susan O’Regan to enlist…
Whangārei researcher Joan Leversedge put her skills to the test when she and partner Bob Dobson went looking for somewhere to retire. And they found it in the newly named Patrick Hogan Retirement Village midway…
Councillors went behind closed doors this week to discuss rents for tenants living in Waipā District pensioner houses. The likelihood of their rents rising is high because superannuation payments rose by more than seven per…
The company behind plans for a giant quarry on the outskirts of Cambridge is disputing claims there will be up to 400 trucks a day travelling through the town when it begins operations. At most…
Waka Kotahi says it does not believe a northbound on-ramp at the end of Tirau Road in Cambridge is required and will not support construction of one “at this stage.” The transport agency’s response comes…
The Ministry for Primary Industries has been slammed for its response to the golden clam incursion into the Waikato River at Lake Karāpiro. In a report released today by Parliament’s Environment committee, it has recommended…
