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Rates: inflation hits

Waipā’s average rate increase will go up six per cent, but residential and commercial ratepayers will find themselves paying way more than that because the value of their properties are about to increase significantly. It…

Council settles on 6% rates rise

Waipā District Council has settled on an average rate increase of six per cent next year. The increase was discussed today and once confirmed, will apply from 1 July 2023. Council has allocated $1.5 million…

Pedestrian works in Ōhaupō delayed

The construction of a new signalised pedestrian crossing on Ōhaupō’s main street will start later this year. Work was anticipated to start in early 2023 however, due to procurement difficulties, it will now start at…

Hit by $10 thieves

Thieves have jimmied open a cash box fixed to St Peter’s Catholic School’s sharing shed to steal the money inside. “It’s a real downer for us all,” said the school’s Room 4 teacher, Heidi Littlejohn….

Lions are best in the district

Members of the Cambridge Lions Club are basking in success after winning the premier trophy naming them the top club in Lions District 202L for the year 2021-22. District 202L encompasses the Waikato, Bay of…

O’Regan, Davies-Colley for Le Quesnoy

Waipā will send two representatives to France – mayor Susan O’Regan and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley – to the opening of the New Zealand Museum and Visitor Centre in Le Quesnoy. The two…

Council sends reinforcements

Waipā has sent four of its staff to help out weather stricken areas in Hawke’s Bay, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato. They have held positions of response manager, welfare, intelligence and planning support for a combined 232…

Emotions high at hearing

Ōhaupō landowner Nick Jennings broke down and was unable to continue with his evidence at an independent hearing last week heard to consider a retrospective application to construct vertical and horizontal kiwifruit shelters around his…

Songs of Rangiaowhia

As a teenager, Daphiney Owen used to cruise around the rural roads of Rangiaowhia in old cars with her friends, completely unaware of the bloody massacre that took place there. Now, many years on, the…

We just need Dad’s Army

Cambridge is resorting to Dad’s Army tactics to recruit extra sets of eyes and ears in support of retailers hit hard by escalating crime. The call for volunteers – men and women – to join…

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