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Rotary Tractor Trek launch

Daryl Gibbs knows all too well the impact children’s mental health issues are having on society today. The Cambridge Middle School principal says 140 children from his school – 20 per cent of the roll…

Tales of court cases and a blaze

Mary Anne Gill documents the chequered history of Cambridge’s Masonic Hotel. Masonic Hotel’s history has been a chequered one. It was built of wood in 1866 on the current site. Sixteen years later in July…

Millions for Masonic

Cambridge’s grand old lady is to finally get an upgrade worthy of her classy status. The Masonic Hotel, an historic Category 2 building built in 1912 after fire destroyed the previous structure, is about to…

Battling the big storm

Waipā felt enough of Cyclone Gabrielle’s force to leave it without power in many places – and a huge mess to clean up. The Cambridge central business district was crippled by a power cut and…

Mapping the future

13 February 2023 – Waipa media release Council’s biggest ever roadshow involving 11 towns and villages and at least 22 events rolls out this week. The six-week long engagement will see council seek comment on…

Going potty

It’s from the believe or not files – an Anko saucepan from Kmart won the race to be the Consumer Institute’s Top of the Pots. Consumer delivered the news last week, leaving owners of the…

Art that gives you butterflies

Cambridge artist Kirsten Mcintosh hasn’t let the grass grow under her feet since taking up painting eight years ago. After honing her early skills with Wayne Sinclair, she pursued her own style and has since…

Council focus on housing

Housing is such a significant issue for Waipā that the newly-elected council has escalated its importance by establishing a new housing sub-committee. The decision was made at this week’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee and…

Council responds to faster pace

The first step towards changing 125.3 hectares of land in Hautapu from rural to industrial has started ahead of schedule. The land is part of Waipā council’s C10 growth cell and is intended for industrial…

Education centre opens on maunga

“Education has always been a core purpose,” Jim Mylchreest says of Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain. So it was fitting that at the opening of the $846,000 Manu Korokii Education Centre on the maunga last week the…

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