Four face courts Cambridge Police have apprehended four alleged prolific dishonesty offenders following a search warrant and a quick tip from locals last week. Two of the offenders, women aged 46 and 48, are charged…
Four face courts Cambridge Police have apprehended four alleged prolific dishonesty offenders following a search warrant and a quick tip from locals last week. Two of the offenders, women aged 46 and 48, are charged…
Chris Gardner presents the latest chapter in the story of our own Hobbiton. Overseas visitors to Hobbiton Movie Set Tours are expected to contribute a precious $2.6 billion to the New Zealand economy this season,…
10am 5 June 2024 A staff suggestion that Waipā District Council ditch its Age Friendly policy has been thwarted by a former veteran councillor. Kihikihi-based Hazel Barnes successfully argued at today’s Strategic Planning and Policy…
The latest edition of Waikato Business News is out today, packed full of reading. Chris Gardner visits Hobbiton, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits the Ruakaka Superhub, Viv Posselt visits Esther Gathambo at the Made precinct…
Tourists are binge-watching Sir Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies on smartphones and tablets as they take in the sights of Middle-earth. British backpacker Hannah Flowers, 19, fell in love…
Last weekend’s 2024 Rotary District 9930 Conference in Cambridge has been hailed as a triumph. Comments received by District Governor Bill Robinson and his team praised the conference’s organisation and structure, while international visitors signalled…
Waipā could reduce from 11 to eight the number of elected councillors sitting around the debating table. The move, subject to public feedback is understood to have gathered momentum under mayor Susan O’Regan in a…
Cambridge Community House has benefited to the tune of almost $3000 thanks to a recent rowing fundraiser that also saw a few records tumble. The house team took their places on the rowing machines (ergs)…
Richard Paul Mills might have died at home alone and unclaimed by family, but there was no way the Returned and Services Association (RSA) was going to let him go that way. So, the call…
When it came to local body matters, he was a gamekeeper turned poacher. James Parlane, who died in a two-vehicle crash near Ōhaupō last Friday, was a former lawyer and Waipā district councillor who frequently…
