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Pushing out the plastic

Two volunteers from Plastic Free Cambridge sewed and donated around 30 reusable produce bags to a Cambridge grocery store to replace the recently banned plastic produce bags. The ban was introduced in an attempt to…

Don’t be a weak link

I hate to sound like a stuck record, but I really need everyone to spread the word around securing vehicles. Coming into work this morning, I have again been told of more cases where vehicles…

Cookie and Price – at the double!

Brad Cook can tell every darts playing colleague that he’s played with, and been up against, the best. Cook – ‘Cookie’ – was one of several players who were drawn last Thursday at the Hamilton…

We can’t get no satisfaction

Welcome to Waipā: Home of the Sceptics, for we are champions no more. That’s been confirmed in the latest annual Waipā residents’ survey with 54 per cent of the respondents described as sceptics and a…

What residents told Waipā District Council

Read: We can’t get no satisfaction We take a snapshot of comments from the district council’s residents’ survey. The guys who do the parks and gardens do a wonderful job. I am confident in my…

Charity rider bounces back

A year ago he cycled 142km for charity – now Leo Piper is on the receiving end of kindness after a crash that left him hospitalised with concussion, broken teeth and facial injuries. The 11-year-old…

Power plays in rugby

There were some powerful rugby players in Cambridge on Sunday. And each chanced their arm in taking the next step towards staking their claim to overall honours in the 2023 Power Farming Cup. Sunday’s Cambridge…

62 building consents caught in engineering sign-offs

At least 62 Waipā building consents have been caught up in allegedly fraudulent engineering sign-offs. Waipā District Council is one of more than 40 councils impacted by the actions of Jonathan Beau Hall of Kodiak…

Takena Stirling struck off

Former Waipā district councillor Takena Stirling has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors and his misconduct has cost the Law Society’s Fidelity Fund in the vicinity of $90,000. He appeared before the…

St Kilda delivering benefits to dementia community

Investments in digital technology, the onboarding of six new nurses and a reboot of the activities calendar is delivering immediate benefits to Bupa St Kilda’s dementia community. The investments include the introduction of Tovertafel, an…

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