Cambridge Community Board has responded to news today Waipā District Council has paused the Cambridge Library/Hub project. Chair Jo Davies-Colley said the board understood the financial challenges facing the council and the community. “Waipā District…
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it has no issues with garlic being used in a dog food sold in supermarkets. The ministry was responding to concerns raised by Cambridge resident Emile Valkenborg about…
Just over $100,000 allocated by Waipā District Council to a Covid recovery fund will be returned unspent to council coffers where the community needs caused by the changing financial landscape is greater. The council approved…
It has been 551 days since Waikato Hospital doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour ballooning inside Fionnlagh Adams’ brain. At risk of death from the pressure building in her skull, the four-year-old was rushed to Starship…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has confirmed her council has no intention of selling its shares in Hamilton Airport but could be in the market to buy more. Speaking to The News’ sister publication Waikato Business…
The crew at Cambridge Hospice Shop have been congratulated by Hospice Waikato chief executive Craig Tamblyn for having raised $3.4 million for local hospice patients and their families over the past decade. Tamblyn spoke about…
The preferred option for a new bridge over the Waikato River showing the northern end of it going through Cambridge’s north-western suburbs has spooked residents. The realisation their houses could go under the Cambridge Connections…
Destination Cambridge has revealed it is exploring an independent tourism hub incorporating a visitor centre following Waipā District Council’s decision to cut its annual funding. The move to “go it alone” has been endorsed by…
Steph Bell Jenkins talks to a remarkable Waipā woman who would love to create a global revolution. Like her, they were children. Unlike her, they were living in slums, starving. Pieta Bouma is as outraged…
Updated – 29 February 3pm Waipā council will follow Waikato district’s lead – as predicted by The News – and recommend deferring the adoption of its Long Term Plan in favour of an enhanced Annual…
