When conductor David Rowland rehearsed with the acclaimed Christ’s College Chapel Choir in St Andrew’s Anglican Church on Sunday, he knew there was something wrong. “I couldn’t hear the tenors and basses as much as…
When conductor David Rowland rehearsed with the acclaimed Christ’s College Chapel Choir in St Andrew’s Anglican Church on Sunday, he knew there was something wrong. “I couldn’t hear the tenors and basses as much as…
Almost time… The wrap, scaffolding and hoarding around Cambridge’s historic Town Clock is down, signalling the end to a $721,000 restoration project is near. Work has involved clock servicing, automation, hands and face refurbishment and…
The Long Lunch in Cambridge Town Hall last month was just what the business doctor ordered with $2500 raised for Cambridge Lifeskills and plenty of robust competition at auction time. The Cambridge Chamber event served…
A Waipā butcher was one of two to secure places in the Young Butcher and Butcher Apprentice of the Year competition last week. Cambridge’s Dallas Prince from Wholly Cow Butchery won the Pact Packaging young…
A memorial seat made from Hinuera stone – built in 1983 to commemorate a century of worship by the Presbyterian congregation -has been damaged by a vehicle. Details of what happened to the seat outside…
Ten new one-bedroom pensioner units are nearing completion in Leamington in a development which has become something of an oddity in other communities. Waipā is one of the few councils which still provides housing for…
Cambridge megastore Mitre 10 has been awarded the Rose Award by the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association for its inclusive employment practices. The nomination came from Victoria Dodds whose son Michael, 23, has been working…
John Coles’ determination that his QSM meant ‘Quite Some Man’ was probably not too far off the mark, despite it sounding less lofty than ‘Queen’s Service Medal’. That nugget of information, delivered by his son…
Outgoing chief executive Garry Dyet attended his final Waipā District Council meeting last week and was given an emotional farewell by mayor Susan O’Regan. “This will be the last formal meeting that we will have…
A proposal to reduce the number of Waipā district councillors from 11 to eight is still on the table, but only just, after a workshop last week revealed significant disagreements among elected members. The proposal,…
