Almost 300 youngsters have planted 4000 plants in the Manga-o-tama catchment. The Manga-o-tama stream flows from Ōhaupō to the Waipā River near Ngāhinapōuri in the west and the planting project brought together students from Paterangi,…
Almost 300 youngsters have planted 4000 plants in the Manga-o-tama catchment. The Manga-o-tama stream flows from Ōhaupō to the Waipā River near Ngāhinapōuri in the west and the planting project brought together students from Paterangi,…
For the first time in seven years, Cambridge Middle School has enough designated classrooms for all its students, says principal Daryl Gibbs. A new block of four classrooms at the school accommodates four teachers and…
A technology upgrade will soon enable Waipā library goers to issue books themselves. Waipā District Council is investing close to $300,000 in an upgrade that will make issuing books in the district faster, and more…
Four projects in Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and Monavale have been allocated money in the recent round of the Waipā District Council-administered Heritage Fund. The most significant is a $28,681 grant to The Parish of…
Are they for or against fluoride? Do they think Waipā is being run well? What do they make of the Voices for Freedom Movement which is offering to support candidates and who are members of…
Good Local editor Roy Pilott has refuted suggestions that a mayoral candidate colluded with one of the newspaper’s journalists to present information which was not publicly available. Pilott said the figures in question were obtained…
Well, the local body hustings season is upon us. The aspirants for high office have been declared and their photos were shown last week. Colourful hoardings will start to appear, and many people will make…
They were one of the biggest talking points from The News last week. The head and shoulder photos of election candidates – published exclusively in The News – generated a great deal of discussion about…
Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet and three other high-profile type one diabetics are calling on Pharmac to increase its funding for them and the country’s 28,000 other sufferers. They say the investment would…
Pharmac has not ruled out funding equipment for type one diabetics while groups like Diabetes New Zealand say the country is already facing a crisis. Earlier this year Diabetes New Zealand called on the government…
