Kiwis are paying more for kai – and throwing more of it away. A new survey shows that Kiwi households are wasting $1500 of kai every year – a 4.8 per cent increase from last…
Kiwis are paying more for kai – and throwing more of it away. A new survey shows that Kiwi households are wasting $1500 of kai every year – a 4.8 per cent increase from last…
This week I took the unusual step of challenging the comments made by an election candidate. Responding to our lead story last week explaining how Waipā District Council’s chief executive Garry Dyet had warned of…
Three of them want to be the first person elected as the Māori ward representative for Waipā – but this race is setting new benchmarks in courtesy. Chivalry was the order of the evening when…
Planning for a 27ha super sports hub in Cambridge’s northern town belt can resume – after a lack of resources and Covid stymied progress. The development takes in three parks – Memorial, Tom Voyle and…
Waipā posties have delivered 39,608 voter packs around the district – but it’s likely many won’t be sent back. Te Awamutu postie Nicola Connolly and Cambridge’s Raewyn Smythe were incredulous when The News told them…
Cambridge Town Hall was a mass of colour in a stunning four-day light show honouring Queen Elizabeth at the weekend. The hall featured images from her and Prince Philip’s New Year’s Day 1954 visit to…
Along with one of the fanciest fire stations in the country, Cambridge can now say that it has one of the fanciest police stations, says Waipa deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk. “And we couldn’t be prouder…
Cambridge News editor Roy Pilott has today refuted suggestions his newspaper invented a story in which Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet warned election candidates about a financial storm brewing. Mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has posted…
Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest has made a personal submission on criticising Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity. The draft NPS-IB sets out how to identify Significant Natural Areas (SNA’s) which must be protected, including…
Driven by fear to seek asylum, refugees trying to assimilate anywhere outside their home country, including in New Zealand, are beset with struggles specific to their situation. Many feel disempowered and confused, overwhelmed by a…
