Just towards the end of a karakia aimed at reawakening the spirits in the Cambridge Town Hall on Monday, a door slammed shut in the distant. To those gathered, there was little doubt that was…
Just towards the end of a karakia aimed at reawakening the spirits in the Cambridge Town Hall on Monday, a door slammed shut in the distant. To those gathered, there was little doubt that was…
A Waipā District Council organised event to congratulate the district’s Olympians and Paralympians has been described as a “disaster” by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. The Friday event held in Victoria Square, Cambridge on December…
Waipā district mayor Susan O’Regan is planning for a second term and will seek re-election in October. The News sought comments from mayors in the Good Local Media readership area following Paula Southgate’s announcement she…
Waipā District Council has explained why the cost to upgrade Te Awamutu Wastewater Treatment Plant rose from $19 million to $48 million. The News revealed in November the upgrade costs to the council for the…
Regional councillors have voted to allocate more than $400,000 to buy equipment for its fight against golden clams. Corbicula fluminea was found in the Waikato River in May 2023 and is an invasive, fast breeding…
It was good while it lasted and well appreciated. That’s the view on the re-opening of the Karāpiro Dam road between December 21 and Sunday night when it closed again for several months. But two…
Victor (Vic) Petrie was a numbers man. He gave 46 years to education, and during the 27 he spent at Cambridge Middle School (Cambridge Intermediate in his day), he was as tenacious about teaching the…
Waka racing More than 4000 competitors – watched by 8000 spectators – will take part in a total of 380 races over seven days in the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karāpiro starting on…
Grahame Webber laughs when asked whether Waipā is a better place because of his seven terms on the district council. “Bloody hell, I wasted 21 years if it’s not,” he says. Webber, a former deputy…
Eddie Bradley was so intent on going out with Marie Kane that he would turn the picture around of her boyfriend on the desk so she could not see him. He was 17 and she…
