Graffiti and vandalism in Waipā are on the increase, particularly in Cambridge, and district councillors are asking whether community artwork is the answer. It costs ratepayers thousands of dollars each year to fix up council…
Graffiti and vandalism in Waipā are on the increase, particularly in Cambridge, and district councillors are asking whether community artwork is the answer. It costs ratepayers thousands of dollars each year to fix up council…
Waipā’s woeful reputation for recycling continues. Little could be sent for recycling because of significant contamination in Waipā’s glass collection last month, Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told the council’s Service Delivery committee this week. Glass…
Winston ‘Wint’ Steen was as straight up a guy as you could wish to meet. He was kind, hard-working, deeply competitive, a great listener who remained discreet and a loyal family and community man. His…
It doesn’t take much to bring the roading network in the lower Waikato to a crawl – and here’s the evidence. Maintenance work launched at the start of the month at Karāpiro between Cambridge and…
Cambridge Women’s Club leaders, from left, Christine Griffith, Raewyn Handcock, Jennie Gainsford, Cabby Keyte and Renata Stent. Missing from the gathering was Jacky van der Poel (see inset). Cambridge Women’s Club is coming off the…
My retirement village resident activities last week took me to Wellington to the Beehive – not the apiary version. For a day we discussed matters pertaining to the welfare of the almost 50,000 people who…
A public memorial service for Winston ‘Wint’ Steen will be held at the Cambridge Fire Station on Saturday. The man who was the longest-serving member of the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade and a community stalwart…
A uniquely community café run by Interlock Waipā and conveying a message of inclusion opened recently for a few hours each Wednesday. The Cambridge Community Connection Café runs from 10am to 12 noon on Wednesdays…
Kirsty Downey understands why people’s eyes glaze over when she talks about Ahu Ake, Waipā’s spatial plan. “We don’t want this to be a document that sits on the shelf,” says Downey, the council’s Strategy…
Mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams has fired the opening salvo in the race for the top job by saying if elected, he would “build a bridge” across the Waikato River. The need for a third bridge…
