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Parking: it’s chaos, pain

If the answer to Cambridge’s parking crisis is to build a car park building, then be prepared to pay for parking right through the central business district. That was the message from Waipā Transport manager…

News in brief ……

Public forum Cambridge Community Board’s public forum tonight (Wednesday) featured submissions from Destination Cambridge over the recent decision to stop funding the local iSite and two sporting clubs concerned at Waipā’s plans to take over…

Trio face court over robberies

Update – Tuesday 20 February 4.40pm One of the three teenagers charged in connection with two aggravated robberies in Cambridge earlier this month has been remanded in custody. The three males are scheduled to appear…

Pirongia licence declined

Update 19 February 3pm – Waipā District Council media release An application for a renewal of an on-licence at the Five Stags Restaurant and Bar in Pirongia has been declined. The failed bid to renew…

Cambridge gets a taste

As distilleries go, the laundry did the job, but a purpose-designed facility is a huge and significant upgrade, says the co-founder of a Cambridge gin distillery. James Coote, who is also a Rowing NZ coach,…

Back to school for Pieta

Ōhaupō university student Pieta Bouma – who became a paraplegic in 2019 – was guest speaker at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton last week. Pieta, then aged 19, was on a gap year and…

Size doesn’t matter

Yvonne Steel called The News office on Monday because she was excited at the success of her work in the vege patch. Her beefsteak tomatoes were huge – and the behemoth pumpkin seeds from  Mitre…

John and the end frame

His Leamington workshop is a visual tribute to his skills as a painter and a framer. John Chrisp has spent the last 18 years putting people’s memories in the frame – but this week he…

Property values: how Waipa rates

Waipā property prices increased 129.3 per cent in a decade making it the 10th best district in the country, figures from realestate.co.nz show. Nationally, the average asking price was up by 77.5 per cent, increasing…

Celtic start to Heritage Month

Waipā District Libraries launched its annual Heritage Month last week with a talk on New Zealanders who have Scottish and Irish blood coursing through their veins. ‘Southern Celts’ was hosted at Cambridge Library by Celine…

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