New Cambridge Lions leader Brent Montgomerie believes the time is right for the club to build on its strengths. Speaking to The News fresh from a monthly ‘Lions evergreens’ tea that celebrates the club’s old…
New Cambridge Lions leader Brent Montgomerie believes the time is right for the club to build on its strengths. Speaking to The News fresh from a monthly ‘Lions evergreens’ tea that celebrates the club’s old…
Fire and Emergency have become noticeably more involved in the vetting process for new liquor licences in Waipā. In his annual report to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority, Compliance manager Karl Tutty said the…
Anyone who thinks the art scene isn’t pumping in Cambridge is seriously misinformed. The upcoming Art Alive exhibition in Cambridge Town Hall will have well over 120 pieces of work on show, most of them…
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari volunteers have taken to the streets to raise awareness of the project’s cash flow crisis after seven rangers lost their jobs. Guided by volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, they are collecting cash, encouraging…
A council committee tasked with receiving operational reports from the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust met once in the two years before the trust’s current cash flow crisis. Waipā District Council contracts the trust, which operates…
The chair of St Peter’s School board has rejected claims the private Cambridge school is facing another crisis following news Head of School Marcus Blackburn has gone on extended leave. John Macaskill-Smith, who chaired the…
It was a packed house at Taupō MP Louise Upston’s Friendly Forum in Cambridge last week but nothing of a “local” nature was discussed for the first 50 minutes. Disability advocates from outside the electorate…
Waipa Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan made an impassioned plea supporting Māori wards ahead of her colleagues’ decision to retain them this week. The decision will spark a binding poll at next year’s local body…
When Pat Chant moved into Cambridge Resthaven 14 months ago, one of her first highlights was seeing the daffodils flower in neighbouring Payne Park. So, at the weekend, the 94-year-old was out on her walker…
The weather gods turned it on for Sunday’s annual Vintage Car Club (Waikato) fundraiser for the Cancer Society. Waikato VCC members travelled through Waipā to the club’s Cambridge base at McLean Street, some of them…
