Changes to Waipā’s District Plan are being considered to better enable Māori to use their land for housing. A report discussed this week considered how the council can best meet community expectations around papakāinga –…
Changes to Waipā’s District Plan are being considered to better enable Māori to use their land for housing. A report discussed this week considered how the council can best meet community expectations around papakāinga –…
A family celebrating 11 years in their new home have become naturalised New Zealanders. Angeline Naomi and Christo Van der Merwe, and their two children Eben and Yolinda moved to New Zealand from South Africa…
Burn outs, donuts and excessive speed by boy racers could be a thing of the past in parts of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi following a Waipā District Council recommendation. Transportation safety officer Julie Taylor told…
School leaders and several Cambridge Lions met recently to discuss the benefits local students receive through Lions’ donations. Cambridge Lions provides an annual grant of $13,000 each to Cambridge High School and to a primary/intermediate…
A 13-year mission to provide a 65km walkway from Karāpiro to Ngāruawāhia has been completed. The final link in the walk and cycleway was opened last week to enable walkers and cyclists to reach Hamilton…
Waipā District Councill opened Cambridge’s new skatepark in Dominion Avenue on Friday. Construction began on the $800,000 project began in early August. Waipā District Council’s community services manager Brad Ward said the skatepark is more…
When Waikato University celebrated its 90,000th graduate it sparked a celebration which had a true Waipā flavour. The student was Cole McOnie, an international class BMX rider from Te Awamutu. To recognise the achievement, the…
Waipā-King Country’s Clyde Graf has been elected Waikato Regional Council’s environmental performance committee chair. And in a shock, his experienced colleague Stu Kneebone of Cambridge missed out on chairing any of the key “discretionary” council…
Fifteen restaurants combined to donate food to support Achievement House’s annual Christmas party – which came with music from Cambridge Rotary’s Bruised Brothers. Achievement House in Cambridge offers part-time employment and volunteer opportunities for those…
It might have been, in Kelly Bouzaid’s words, a “tumultuous year” but the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce finished it financially healthy and committed to advocacy. In her chief executive’s report to the 34th annual meeting…
