It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain, as the Divinyls’ song goes, but it’s a line Jim Thomassen gets a kick out of walking. Jim, 55, is a competitive chilli eater who will take…
It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain, as the Divinyls’ song goes, but it’s a line Jim Thomassen gets a kick out of walking. Jim, 55, is a competitive chilli eater who will take…
The bricks will stay but the neglected metal tank and outdoor walkway framing could go. That seems to be the fate of Cambridge’s historic Water Tower despite 62 per cent of the 223 submitters to…
Cambridge Town Hall is about to have its most successful income year in a decade, but it needs a seven figure injection of funds to preserve and activate it further. In a presentation to Waipā…
Anchor, an iconic global brand with century-old links to Cambridge, is up for sale. It is expected to fetch millions of dollars and boost dairy giant Fonterra and its suppliers’ bottom line by millions of…
Menzshed in Cambridge finally has a new home, but members are going to spend the first few months of their tenancy doing it up. The 122-year-old Leamington Dairy Factory in Carlyle Street is a shadow…
i-Site grants Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites have been given grants of $30,000 each by Waipā District Council in the 2024-2025 financial year to help recover from the loss of the council’s funding. The decision…
Police have named the motorbike rider who died following a crash on Te Poi Road near Matamata on Friday. She was 51-year-old Donna Gaye McCauley from Waipa. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are…
Cambridge’s i-Site will remain open after securing support from two tourism operators. Destination Cambridge general manager Ruth Crampton said when Waipā District Council announced it was pulling its funding for the i-Site, from July 1,…
Restoration of the stained glass windows at St Paul’s Church in Rangiaowhia are among six projects to get funding from Waipā District Council’s Heritage Fund. The $20,000 is $40,000 shy of what is needed to…
Attendance records at Waipā District Council’s two swimming pools in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have been smashed in the six months ended December 31. Nearly 193,000 people – up 9.3 per cent from the previous…
