Debate over whether vehicles just under three tonnes should cross the Victoria (High Level) Bridge have reignited after railing was hit last month, taking out the pedestrian lane on the Leamington side.* In November at…
Debate over whether vehicles just under three tonnes should cross the Victoria (High Level) Bridge have reignited after railing was hit last month, taking out the pedestrian lane on the Leamington side.* In November at…
American cruise ship tourists Joy Littleton and Lori Ionnitiu saw the excursions available to them when the Seven Seas Explorer docked in Tauranga on Sunday, and it was the Waipā experience which stood out. “I’m…
Two Waipā residents – Grahame Webber of Cambridge and Sally Davies of Te Awamutu – have been honoured by King Charles III in the New Year’s Honours List released today. Others with Waipā connections are…
A special dedication ceremony was held at the St John Cambridge ambulance station earlier this month for Ambulance 641, which has been gifted to the Manukau station by the estate of Sidney Wilkinson. Sidney Wilkinson…
A second case of Dutch Elm disease has been confirmed in Waipā with the elm tree removed from the south east corner of Victoria Square earlier this month returning a positive result. The 100-year-old tree…
Rev Jennie Savage Vicar, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Cambridge Many take a journey over Christmas and the summer, to have a holiday, or to visit family or friends. Sometimes they have been long planned, postponed,…
Water safety agencies are calling on people to take care on the Waikato River this summer, particularly around dams and lakes in the Waipā and South Waikato districts. Water Safety New Zealand statistics showed 287…
The church leader who helped drive a $10 million affordable housing project is the Te Awamutu News person of the year for 2024, and speaks to senior writer Chris Gardner. Zion People church pastor Phil…
“That eel has been here longer than I have,” says Judge Valley Dairies farmer John Hayward. “That’s exciting,” Hayward told the audience he welcomed onto his Judge Rd, Roto-o-Rangi, farm near Te Awamutu for a…
Paewira Energy-from-Waste project director Adam Fletcher says he is not surprised or concerned by a computer model showing the enormous extent of the proposed Te Awamutu plant’s plume. Lobby group Don’t Burn Waipā released what…
