Lynne Douglas (right) reads her NZEI award recognising 50 years of service to teaching with fellow Leamington School teachers Margaret Grover (centre) and Courtney Ryder at Stables on Alpha on August 24.Lynne Douglas was struggling…
Lynne Douglas (right) reads her NZEI award recognising 50 years of service to teaching with fellow Leamington School teachers Margaret Grover (centre) and Courtney Ryder at Stables on Alpha on August 24.Lynne Douglas was struggling…
The success of an ambitious project by Cambridge High School “Ext 4” students to provide Cambridge Resthaven with a new van was celebrated when parties involved in the community project gathered to ‘unveil’ the vehicle….
Emery Cooper has been a regular at McKenzie Centre in Hamilton for nearly a year and her progress has given parents Kathleen and Stefan hope for their daughter’s future. Born in October 2020, Emery is…
Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet will be able to settle legal claims up to $50,000 – $40,000 more than currently – under changes approved by the council this week. Dyet can also approve up to…
Masonic Hotel will be no more. But what it will be called once it becomes Cambridge’s new boutique hotel is something its owner Gerry Westenberg is not prepared to reveal yet. Westenberg was one of…
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…
