Residents living with dementia at Cambridge’s Resthaven on Burns care centre have welcomed the installation of an innovative door system aimed at providing a greater sense of home and comfort. The doors have a made-to-measure…
Residents living with dementia at Cambridge’s Resthaven on Burns care centre have welcomed the installation of an innovative door system aimed at providing a greater sense of home and comfort. The doors have a made-to-measure…
Predator Free Cambridge have been visiting Cambridge schools and the Cambridge Women’s Club this week to spread awareness about predator control and conservation week. Karen Barlow, who has managed the Predator Free Cambridge project since…
National is struggling to get positive engagement over its proposal to cut cell phone use in schools. The opposition announced last week that cell phone use at school would be banned to “help lift achievement…
New Cambridge Lions president David Espin wants to extend the club’s community service focus to one that better cares for club members. “We have an effective hands-on approach to looking after people in the community,”…
Thirteen organisations will share $52,030 from the Waipā Waste Minimisation Community fund for projects as diverse as embedding worm farms into berms to establishing a reusable party supplies hire kit. Waste minimisation officer Sally Fraser…
Groundbreaking equine reproduction – or horse breeding – research at Equibreed NZ is helping keep work undertaken by Kiwi industry specialists “right up there” on the world stage. And, director Dr Lee Morris says nearly…
“I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years and can’t remember a season that’s been so wet for so long, particularly over summer.” Amongst at times “astronomical rainfall and the tough challenges” that’s brought with it,…
Council staff appear to have struck the right balance when it comes to naming Waipā streets, says deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk. “A road name can be quite sensitive for our residents,” she told this week’s…
Waipā council staff say they’ve been assured by health officials that fluoridation of council’s water supplies is safe. There would therefore be no grounds to action two notices of motion from the Te Awamutu and…
The long wait for road and footpath improvements in one of Cambridge’s most historic streets is about to get a $350,000 refresh. Surface water ponding, potholes, tree debris build up and broken sections of sealing…
