Masonic Hotel will be no more. But what it will be called once it becomes Cambridge’s new boutique hotel is something its owner Gerry Westenberg is not prepared to reveal yet. Westenberg was one of…
Masonic Hotel will be no more. But what it will be called once it becomes Cambridge’s new boutique hotel is something its owner Gerry Westenberg is not prepared to reveal yet. Westenberg was one of…
Last weekend I was having breakfast with friends who experienced Cyclone Gabrielle in the Hawkes Bay area. As is natural for many conversations in my life, it started out talking about eruptions, then moved on…
Former Waipa Networks Trust chair Craig Sanders is no longer a trustee. Sanders – who led the trust for nine years – told The News on Monday it was because he had moved to Dunedin…
Tenants in Waipā District Council’s pensioner housing units will see a modest rental increase from next month. The rental increases were received at Tuesday’s council meeting, following an independent rates assessment based on market rental…
Just seven of 30 politicians who responded to a Good Local Media poll said they were comfortable with a three-year term for councils. Twenty thought going to four years was a better option, three were…
Cambridge’s town clock will undergo “open heart surgery” costing more than $450,000 but the upside is once the work is done, operating and maintenance costs will reduce. Property Services project manager Greg Boyle told Waipā…
An aged aunty, who was special to me, passed away just before her 100th birthday. She often remarked that time had ‘flown by’ in spite of having a lifetime spanning almost a century. I guess…
Ninety Waipā residents were sworn in on Friday as New Zealand residents in the second of two citizenship ceremonies held this year. Nearly a third were from South Africa prompting mayor Susan O’Regan to enlist…
Whangārei researcher Joan Leversedge put her skills to the test when she and partner Bob Dobson went looking for somewhere to retire. And they found it in the newly named Patrick Hogan Retirement Village midway…
Councillors went behind closed doors this week to discuss rents for tenants living in Waipā District pensioner houses. The likelihood of their rents rising is high because superannuation payments rose by more than seven per…
