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Driver ignores bridge warnings 

A small refrigerated truck hit the barrier leading into Cambridge’s Victoria Street (High Level) Bridge last week resulting in damage to signs. Video from the recently installed CCTV cameras pointed at the bridge enabled Waipā District Council…

Focus stays on i-Site

The Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites will continue to receive funding from Waipā District Council for another 18 months but will have to define their promotional roles to avoid clashing with Hamilton and Waikato Tourism….

Quarry plan revealed

Plans for a giant quarry in Cambridge have been released to The News by Waipā District Council after neighbours revealed they are hiring a Queen’s Counsel to try and stop the development. The proposed sand…

Businesses reopen in Level 2, new Covid case in Cambridge

17 November 1.05pm There is a new reported Covid case in Cambridge, Waikato DHB reported today. There were five new cases confirmed in the Waikato overnight. Two were from Ōtorohanga, one from Te Kūiti, one…

Focus on: Meemee Phipps  

Meemee Phipps is a self-employed writer and illustrator who lives in Cambridge. Where were you born: In Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, a northern state in Malaysia Where did you go to school: In Penang…

Waipā ticks domestic boxes  

By Benjamin Wilson  Waipā is a shining star, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism chief Jason Dawson says. He says its attractiveness to domestic tourism has enabled the region to prosper during the Covid-19 pandemic. The region saw seen annual growth of an estimated 14 per…

Lions celebrate 

Police have solved the mystery of a missing defibrillator. The unit went missing in March 2020 from the Lions Shed in Cambridge as a result of a burglary. An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is described as a safe and…

Right river, art set to go 

The first piece of public art approved under Wāipa District Council’s Public Arts Policy will go up in Leamington Domain despite a communication slip up which could have seen the wrong river featured. A mural…

The future of local government

The government has change on its mind and is rolling out a major shake-up of public services, writes Waikato Regjonal councillor Andrew Macpherson. Local government, resource management, three waters, health, education, and other sectors, all…

 Advisor roles may be permanent

  Wāipa District Council is hoping to make the two community advisor roles, which were established last year as part of a Covid recovery package, a more permanent arrangement. Gina Scott and Corren Ngerengere started in…

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