The gentle person that was Robert Phillips, or ‘Robert’ to so many, will never know how much he taught us all. ROBERT D.M. PHILLIPS – November 13 1952 – May 8 2025 His passing showed…
The gentle person that was Robert Phillips, or ‘Robert’ to so many, will never know how much he taught us all. ROBERT D.M. PHILLIPS – November 13 1952 – May 8 2025 His passing showed…
They rolled out the eight metre long red carpet in Cambridge last night for the world premiere of a movie first shot at the former Masonic Hotel six years ago. Door sales for The Tavern…
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Parallel Road water treatment plant is shaping up to be a popular feature of Waipā District Council’s Long Term Plan and Local Water Done Well consultations which kicked off last…
Veteran Waipā councillor Clare St Pierre has announced her candidacy for mayor, driven by what she calls “12 years of financial frustration” and two consecutive years of steep rate increases. The 64-year-old Pirongia resident is…
The operators of a recycling plant have rejected claims they are disposing of toxic materials in a former sand quarry at the back of Aotearoa Industrial Park. See: Quarry complaints levelled A $6.4 million project,…
Waipā’s second Home and Leisure Show has created a raft of new projects and pastimes – from getting the house clean to getting on a bike. The show – the second run by Good Local…
When you’ve been ringing the six bells in the belfry at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Cambridge for several years, you get to know each of them like old friends. Number five is notoriously temperamental….
Sir William Gallagher has been awarded a National Fieldays Life Membership Sir William has been a part of Fieldays since its inception and played a pivotal role in its foundation. When he attended the first…
A gorse-busting drone will soon benefit outgoing National Fieldays Society board chair Jenni Vernon’s 224-hectare Te Akatea farm. Hill country farmers use drones to spray weeds in areas that are hard to reach with traditional…
Taylor Lincoln loves working on Reon and Wendy Verry’s King Country farm. “I’m learning different stuff about sheep and beef farming every day without heaps of pressure. No two days are the same the 19-year-old…
