Stories abound of how a metal name plate or a coin in a wallet have saved the lives of soldiers. On July 31, 1917, Arthur Maddox Major’s wallet was a simple leather bifold. If offered…
Stories abound of how a metal name plate or a coin in a wallet have saved the lives of soldiers. On July 31, 1917, Arthur Maddox Major’s wallet was a simple leather bifold. If offered…
A new ‘no parking on berms’ section in the draft Public Places Bylaw attracted most interest from submitters to Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week. Opinions were mixed with one saying…
Cambridge clubs Hautapu and Leamington will put aside traditional sporting rivalries to stage their annual Battle of the Bridge community day on September 16. This year’s event will take place at Memorial Park where members…
Early last month I promised to return to the traffic incursion that will be afforded by a new quarry at the southern end of Cambridge, This on dairy farmland (shame!) currently owned by a local…
Fourteen groups took part in the annual Te Oko Horoi festival at the Don Rowlands centre, Lake Karāpiro last Friday. The event was organised by Te Hunga Taikaakaa, a Māori student leadership group at Cambridge…
An ongoing dispute between an Ōhaupō lifestyler and a kiwifruit grower has escalated with the grower adding vertical black screens to the year-old six metre high wooden piles in Parallel Road despite claims it is…
Cambridge police have had a few good catches in the last week that are worthy of a mention. Last week we received a report of a family harm incident in a vehicle at the south…
Cambridge Middle School’s Kraken Waterpolo team pictured at Baywave Tauranga ahead of their first match in the Aims games this week. Players were from back from left, Lily Downey, Olly Scott, Lyric Ash Brough and…
Fencourt Hall is in safe hands. The News recently reported the hall committee was struggling to continue – but 20 people attended this week’s annual meeting. Graeme Roll and assistants Bas Eikhoudt and Sam Hore…
Waipā’s elected members have been advised to make changes to the district’s alcohol policy to help reduce alcohol-related harm in the district. Councils with a Local Alcohol Policy must review it every six years alongside…
