Cambridge businesses say they have been threatened with closure by police if they take their trade outside. And the issue has prompted their MP, Louise Upston, to ask if “we have become a police state…
Cambridge businesses say they have been threatened with closure by police if they take their trade outside. And the issue has prompted their MP, Louise Upston, to ask if “we have become a police state…
A Waipā-based charitable trust that works alongside disabled people so they can develop their skills and abilities has applauded sweeping changes in the disability sector. The government last week announced it would move disability funding…
By Deb Thurgood Is it just me or has November come around really quickly? This week I am writing on the topic of children’s wellbeing. As I write we have heard of the move to…
Waipā has hit the 90 per cent mark for first Covid vaccinations and is leading the Waikato. Cambridge North is sitting on 84 per cent fully vaccinated and is in a close race with Oaklands-St…
Cambridge author Meemee Phipps is hoping for some creative intervention so she can finish the final book in a trilogy examining the history of the Chinese in New Zealand and beyond. But lockdown and a…
Cambridge ward councillors Roger Gordon and Philip Coles say they “totally support” Waipā District Council’s decision to start investigating whether a third bridge is needed in the town but wants residents surveyed for their views….
Waipā District Council will progress a third bridge business case in 2022, despite the outcome of a regional transportation model indicating Cambridge’s two bridges will cope with projected traffic capacity in the longer term. The…
Obituary: Louise Clark 1949-2021 By Natalie Akoorie An advocate of children’s literature who was once the pretty girl in the Hogsnort Rupert song of the same name, has died. Louise Clark died at home with her…
Footloose Shoes owner Debbie Simes was walking on air yesterday morning as she and many other Cambridge retailers opened their doors to customers for the first time in 26 days. “There’s just a feeling of…
A new housing policy which allows Waipā towns to have three homes of up to three storeys high built without a resource consent is a recipe for creating slum situations, says mayor Jim Mylchreest. It…
