A Fish and Game manager is challenging councillors to spend time with him at the scene of what he calls the region’s latest environmental disaster. David Klee, Game Bird Manager for the Auckland/Waikato Fish and…
A Fish and Game manager is challenging councillors to spend time with him at the scene of what he calls the region’s latest environmental disaster. David Klee, Game Bird Manager for the Auckland/Waikato Fish and…
The Cambridge Autumn Festival has been postponed but two of its more interactive elements are going ahead. This year’s Photo Competition will stay put. The free-to-air competition opened last month with the theme ‘Memorable Waipā…
Cambridge Primary principal Mike Pettit enjoys being able to visit his classrooms and students throughout the school day. But under the new Covid restrictions, he will no longer be able to do this. Students returning…
A different sort of summer is emerging at Mighty River Domain as campers, groups, picnickers and day-trippers enjoy a Lake Karāpiro made more accessible through the cancellation of major seasonal events. December through January at…
The New Zealand Rowing championships were moved from Lake Karāpiro to the South Island because of the Waipā venue’s topography. Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel is long and skinny and can accommodate competitors and spectators in…
Facebook has become a preferred communication tool for Covid and crimefighting. Police and the Waikato District Health Board are using their Facebook pages to report crime and Covid outbreaks – and not telling print media…
Infrastructure growth in the Waipā district is expected to continue throughout this year given the large surge of applications, pre-application meetings and enquiries council staff fielded before Christmas. In his quarterly report to the Strategic…
A Waipā district councillor finds it “puzzling” the council has invested so much in protecting native species but has no regulations on cats who prey on them. Marcus Gower supported a submission from Forest and…
There is very little light at the end of the rubbish dump tunnel for Cambridge residents irate over the lengthy ‘temporary’ closure of the local tip. The Cambridge Transfer Station in Matos Segedin Drive has…
The closure of the Karāpiro dam road this week is for the safety of contractors who are doing some critical maintenance on the intake screen cleaner. This vital piece of kit removes debris from the…
