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An uncertain destiny

Destination Cambridge is crunching the numbers as it faces a double setback to its operating budget. Waipā District Council funding of $157,000 for its i-Site information job is gone from July 1 next year while…

Proposed rates increase 14.8 percent due to increased costs

High inflation, soaring interest rates and increased compliance costs are the main drivers behind Waipā District Council needing to collect $13.8 million more in rates revenue in the next financial year. But the budget is…

A glass act

Holding a priceless piece of history in his gloved hands, he is quick to recognise the significance of his work. “It certainly is a unique job. I really enjoy the variety, but at the same…

Where art meets vegetables

Germinated in the fertile imaginations of the St Peter’s Catholic School community, a creative idea has blossomed into a colourful artwork. Principal Anita Asumadu is delighted with the school’s new garden mural, which capped off…

Audit report pleases council

Audit New Zealand billed Waipā District Council $233,469 to conduct its annual audit and provide a management report to the Audit and Risk committee. The committee this week received the report, which has three new…

A colourful occasion

Toilet roll tossing, bouncy castles, pony rides and rolled ice creams made for a day “brimming with fun and excitement” as the community got behind Roto-o-Rangi School’s fun run and carnival recently, principal Wayne Donnellon…

Another ‘rollicking’ good party

Last week’s Christmas ‘knees-up’ at Achievement House went a long way towards celebrating a year’s work well done with hopes for an even better 2024. The enterprise relies heavily on charity and community wellbeing, and…

It’s Mamaki for Tiitoki

Land Information New Zealand (Linz) rejected Tiitoki Lane as the name for a new street in the Patrick Hogan Retirement Village in Cambridge because there is already a Titoki Drive in Tamahere. After consultation with…

Council, businesses clash over parking

Cambridge businesses are on a collision course with Waipā District Council over the removal of parking spaces in the central business district for a $10.2 million pathway project. Thirty two carparks will disappear from the…

A drive for space

More than 1000 business employees park all day in the Cambridge central business district and the chamber of commerce thinks more than a third drive in from other towns. “Car parking is the current hot…

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