Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…
Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…
Dragon boat teams from 37 countries, including more than 2500 competitors who have or are battling breast cancer, were welcomed to Waipā in a moving Opening Ceremony for the international festival on Friday (April 14)….
Cambridge’s Supergran says she has been overwhelmed by support she has received since The News told readers how she had thwarted a ramraid. Supergran was on an early morning Easter Monday coffee run when she…
Waipā District Council is considering selling land to Kāinga Ora so new housing for older people in the district can be fast-tracked. Council purchased a 3.7 hectare land parcel in Cambridge Road in Te Awamutu…
The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill has been named a finalist in two categories in the country’s major media awards. Gill is in the running for the Community Journalist of the Year award and…
Another AED (automated external defibrillator) has been stolen from a secure lockbox, this time at Horahora Road. The stolen AED is one of two installed on roadside driveways in September 2021 after residents, concerned at…
Flyover campaigner John Hansen says evidence accepted by the Environment Court over the Piarere intersection of State Highway 1 and 29 is out of touch. In ruling Waka Kotahi could go ahead with a roundabout…
A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan says no amount of “tweaking” to an already-flawed Three Waters model will keep Waipā assets under local control. O’Regan was responding to today’s announcement from Minister of Local Government Kieran McAnulty…
Te Awamutu Museum Trust board chair Dean Taylor has revealed the trust will soon work with the council to “further rationalise” its collection so it is “fit for purpose” for the new $27 million Te…
