Rural New Zealand is keeping New Zealand afloat, yet the government continues to strip services away from rural heartland communities like Cambridge and Te Awamutu. That’s a big concern for Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest who…
Rural New Zealand is keeping New Zealand afloat, yet the government continues to strip services away from rural heartland communities like Cambridge and Te Awamutu. That’s a big concern for Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest who…
The Waipā Youth Awards ceremony has been cancelled for a second year in succession – and a decision has yet to be made on how the winners will be announced. The event was scheduled for…
Uncertainty over Covid restriction levels has resulted in St Andrew’s Parish postponing celebrations marking its 150th anniversary. Sesquicentennial celebrations were set to take place at Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church from August 27 through to September…
Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger says she understands why mayors like Waipā’s Jim Mylchreest are coming out against the government’s Three Waters Review. She just wishes more councils would do likewise rather than sit back…
Cambridge Lions’ new president Warren Beard is taking a three-pronged approach to his role at the top – share, care and serve. Keenly aware that many of the club’s 88 members are either retired or…
“This is the cool thing about animals, they love you unconditionally and they’re always there but right now humans require them more.” “Animals are cool.” A Waipā dairy farmer has compared the Covid 19 Delta…
Tauwhare Military Museum in Pukemoremore has been saved from closure thanks to an eleventh-hour lifeline thrown last week to its owner Grant Moreland. Grant is the son of the private museum’s founder Andy Moreland –…
With her irrepressible joie de vivre, boisterous curls, crazy footwear and love of practical jokes, California-born Cambridge Middle School teacher Claire Bush was “larger than life”. “She brought laughter to any place she went,” said…
A group of volunteers working in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have this year diverted 8.5 tonnes of e-waste from Waipā’s landfills. Urban Miners, a not-for-profit enterprise recycles, or diverts for reuse, domestic and business e-waste…
Business leaders are joining the call for action on a third bridge for Cambridge. Business owners were among a group which met at C & R Developments in Hautapu last week. Managing director Mike Ross…
