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Steampunkers clatter in

Steampunkers and their fans filled the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday, clattering and swishing their way around a full programme of family activities. The event was the fourth to be arranged by the Cambridge-based InterlockNZ…

Cone count takes a hit

Goodbye cones, well some of them. Waipā District Council has been working with contractors to trial using fewer cones for recent watermain work in Cambridge, Human Resources Operations manager Clark Collins told the Finance and…

So good for the souls

Dean Signal reckoned he was in something of a unique position, career-wise. “I have hundreds of people underneath me, but I never receive a complaint,” he’d often say.  As sexton for Cambridge’s three cemeteries, he…

Council, industry still at odds

Business leaders and the heavy traffic industry say Waipā District Council’s lack of consultation with them over major arterial route changes is concerning. Their comments come after the council released an independent post construction audit…

Time to ‘eat the frog’

The Cambridge Connections project is on a temporary hold following a fiery Waipā District Council committee meeting. The extent of the disagreement between councillors on the project’s working group was laid bare during Tuesday’s debate…

News ….. in brief

Lights out A power cut left northern Cambridge residents in the dark at around midnight on Saturday. The cause was a fault on one of Waipā Network’s high voltage underground cables. Bus tour A Waipā…

News ….. in brief

Bus tour A Waipā District Council bus tour to Huntly to visit Opportunity Shops there and get a free cup of coffee is funded by the Ministry for the Environment’s Waste Disposal Levy which must…

Mental health course applauded

Seventeen people from Waipā and King Country, including representatives from police, schools and a youth trust have completed a Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Aotearoa workshop. The two-day training, held in Te Awamutu August…

It’s a blow for the starlings

Roosting pest birds at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō are being given another incentive to move on and take their messy poo with them. Collaborative efforts involving Te Awamutu Rotary Club and the New Zealand Wetlands…

Alpha goes from ale to ailments

Pixie Stockman walks smiling from a health and wellbeing assessment at Kihikihi’s community hub. She consulted Te Kotahi Oranga Health and Wellness Centre student nurse Natasha To’o during the student-assisted clinic’s first visit to the…

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