Waipā Networks Trust chair Sarah Matthews is heading to Canada on an overseas manager exchange programme. Matthews, who was finance manager at Waipā District Council until July 2021 and is now group manager Finance and…
Waipā Networks Trust chair Sarah Matthews is heading to Canada on an overseas manager exchange programme. Matthews, who was finance manager at Waipā District Council until July 2021 and is now group manager Finance and…
Since becoming a teacher 15 years ago, Chris May has been striving to help his students enjoy school more than he did. “I sort of failed my way through school,” said Chris, who took over…
Only 53 people – 2.2 per cent of the roll – has voted this week in the Waipā Māori ward election. Voting to replace Takena Stirling opened a fortnight ago with four candidates – Barney…
A Sudanese doctor who has lived and worked in the Waikato for nine years, is urging New Zealanders to support her country’s urgent humanitarian needs during the current armed conflict. Ala Farah works as a…
The future of Waipā, and Waikato, football is likely already safe in the hands of Cambridge’s Liam Weston – and they’re about to get safer. In his fourth year as a referee, Liam, 17, –…
Ask Matthew Jones, Alicia Henwood, Nina Balsom and Caelan Tatkovich to whip up a motorised car and they’ll get busy with wires and connectors faster than you can say “engineering whizz kids”. The Kaipaki School…
Scott Meiklejohn reckons it’s pretty neat being Fieldays’ closest neighbour. The back fence of Tīeke Golf Estate, where Meiklejohn is general manager, borders the Mystery Creek site of Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event. So, he…
Stephanie Vervoort described the buzz among year 12 and 13 Cambridge High School students as “massive” before Saturday night’s school ball. Talking to The News last Friday, the teacher spoke about how the students were…
A brown-eyed dog with a heart of gold and a troubled past has become a treasured therapy dog at Cambridge Resthaven. Rosie is a bit of a canine all-sorts. Her owner and village co-ordinator Lorraine…
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce members have told the organisation to lobby urgently for an on and off ramp at the southern end of Waikato Expressway. The feedback came in responses to a survey the chamber…
