Kevin Hanna and Nathan Smith have a huge surprise for members of a trust whose dream it was to restore the only photoplayer of its type left in New Zealand. The two men will fire…
Kevin Hanna and Nathan Smith have a huge surprise for members of a trust whose dream it was to restore the only photoplayer of its type left in New Zealand. The two men will fire…
Waipā residents are being asked to help fund a $27 million museum in Te Awamutu – but there is no legal agreement in place to actually house the significant collection it is being created for….
Plans to resurrect Rangiaowhia as a world heritage site – and home to iwi again, have been unveiled. Labour MP Angela Roberts travelled north from her Taranaki base to meet iwi representatives at Kihikihi last…
Ben and Robyn Stinson’s family business in Horahora, Black Shepherd Apiaries, has been named an award-winner in this year’s Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards. The gold and silver medals they won for their Pure NZ…
Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…
Dragon boat teams from 37 countries, including more than 2500 competitors who have or are battling breast cancer, were welcomed to Waipā in a moving Opening Ceremony for the international festival on Friday (April 14)….
Cambridge’s Supergran says she has been overwhelmed by support she has received since The News told readers how she had thwarted a ramraid. Supergran was on an early morning Easter Monday coffee run when she…
Waipā District Council is considering selling land to Kāinga Ora so new housing for older people in the district can be fast-tracked. Council purchased a 3.7 hectare land parcel in Cambridge Road in Te Awamutu…
We have had an eventful couple of weeks in Cambridge. Staff executed warrants at two Cambridge addresses around methamphetamine supply and again recovered evidence not only for drug offending, but also multiple items from Waipā…
The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill has been named a finalist in two categories in the country’s major media awards. Gill is in the running for the Community Journalist of the Year award and…
