Only the hardy turned up to mark Armistice Day at 11am on Friday November 11 in Cambridge as driving rain meant any attempts for a long ceremony were set aside. But two days later, at…
Only the hardy turned up to mark Armistice Day at 11am on Friday November 11 in Cambridge as driving rain meant any attempts for a long ceremony were set aside. But two days later, at…
The next stage of Te Awa River Ride – between Tamahere and Hamilton Gardens – is expected to open in a fortnight. Te Awa chair Simon Perry told Waipā District Council this week there would…
The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is staying in Dunedin another year but is heading north to the Velodrome in Cambridge after that. In a high-powered presentation to Waipā District Council this week, representatives…
Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk is in for a $22,850 pay rise to $66,835 a year while other returning councillors also get significant pay increases. Pironga-Kakepuku ward member Clare St Pierre’s salary goes up $19,241…
The honeymoon is well and truly over for the newly elected Waipā council with confirmation the “perfect storm” chief executive Garry Dyet predicted during the election campaign has landed with a thud. The warning of…
November’s celebrations marking Cambridge Resthaven’s 50th anniversary come with a pledge to futureproof the organisation’s place as Cambridge’s only community rest home. Upcoming events will celebrate the official opening on November 25, 1972, of the…
About 1000 residents toured the new Cambridge Police hub on its community engagement day with patrol dogs Valko and Bluey among the star attractions. Waikato district western area commander Inspector Will Loughrin said the Saturday…
A windfall donation has given a boost to this year’s Christmas Cheer initiative. After hearing Cambridge Community House’s Amy Watkins talk at a recent Rotary Cambridge gathering, club member and Legacy Funerals’ Cambridge funeral director…
Fred Simpson’s first play, centred on the woes of MIQ entrapment may well have set the Cambridge doctor-turned author onto a new path. ‘Stop, Watch’ followed the testy musings of seniors Joan and Henry, locked…
The national transport agency has started making road safety changes it promised in a letter to Karāpiro School, reported by The News last week. The highway through Karāpiro has been the acene of several fatal…
