A warm welcome was given to the official return of driver testing in Cambridge today, but Waka Kotahi were not let off the hook for their past decisions. “When our town lost our ability to…
A warm welcome was given to the official return of driver testing in Cambridge today, but Waka Kotahi were not let off the hook for their past decisions. “When our town lost our ability to…
A Waipā hapū representative group is being overwhelmed with resource consent applications which should be reviewed by staff first. Council staff have acknowledged they are “pushing” more applicants to talk to consult first with mana…
The trust behind three proposed sporting halls of fame in Waipā has embarked on its months’ long engagement campaign by presenting to the Cambridge Community Board. Trust chair Graeme Maw has also released a video…
An ambitious plan to drain Lake Te Koo Utu and refill it with water from a Maungatautari spring and cut down deciduous trees around the lake has caught Waipā District Council by surprise. The proposal…
Driver testing services returned to Cambridge today after a gap of seven years. Testing also resumed in Matamata. The move was welcomed by the Cambridge based owner of Brighteye Driving School Sheryl Moffat who said…
A library outreach programme will continue until December with $31,000 of funding for a community librarian coming from Waipā district’s Covid recovery fund. And the council wants to hear from any community groups looking to…
I realise I have written at some length about living with teenagers but they are the source that keeps on giving and so I shall do it again. The 18-year-old recently passed his driving test…
I am sitting at my desk on a still Sunday afternoon listening to laughter outside accompanying the clack of croquet mallets on the adjacent lawn. All is peaceful in this quiet backwater of senior citizens….
View Larger Topographic Map Taiea te Taiao. This is the Māori name of the Maungatautari to Pirongia Ecological Corridor Project. The principal aim of the project, led by NZ Landcare Trust and funded principally by…
St Peters has retained the Waikato Secondary Schools Golf Team Championship title A dozen St Peter’s golfers competed in the annual intercollegiate teams championship at the Hamilton Golf Club. The team format involved four players…
