Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan is calling on the Department of Conservation to dig deeper into its pockets and help save Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari from closure. O’Regan accompanied sanctuary chief executive Helen Hughes and conservation minister…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan is calling on the Department of Conservation to dig deeper into its pockets and help save Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari from closure. O’Regan accompanied sanctuary chief executive Helen Hughes and conservation minister…
An internationally acclaimed retail expert says small town retailers should be open, welcoming and convenient in response to testing economic conditions. First Retail Group managing director Chris Wilkinson is a specialist in unlocking potential in…
Anita Asumadu’s three-and-a-half year tenure as principal at St Peter’s Catholic School has ended. Having succeeded in elevating achievement among students and enriching staff engagement, she is headed now for seemingly quieter pastures in which…
The end is nigh for the $10.2 million Cambridge Pathway, and it can’t come soon enough for two polarised groups. If graffiti on a Waipā District Council sign outside the Gaslight Theatre is to be…
Mental health advocate and former All Black John Kirwan spoke about the day he visited a farm and admired the cracking view. All the farmer could see was debt and bad weather. Mary Anne Gill…
James Casey says he is prepared to do all he can to save a “lovely piece of history” but does not have the expertise to lead a campaign. The Whitehall sheep and beef farmer hopes…
Magnus Adlam is under no illusion as he watches a truck and trailer unit reverse down the Karāpiro Dam road from the spillway carpark. “That should sort the men out from the boys,” he says…
13 July 2pm *Changed copy below to a new pedestrian crossing in Shakespeare Street, not Cook Street. 11 July 5am An innovative solution to slow traffic at a major roundabout so pedestrians and cyclists can…
There were plenty of reasons not to go on the two-hour long Te Awa Light Night ride on Saturday but 1500 people decided to go anyway. A glorious day developed quickly into a bitterly chilly…
Another vandalism attack on one of Cambridge’s newest playgrounds will cost ratepayers thousands of dollars in repairs. Damage at the Terry Came Drive playground was discovered yesterday last week. An artistic wall wrap had been…
