Seventeen community organisations waited with bated breath yesterday as the funds that they had applied for were allocated. The Te Awamutu Community Board received 17 requests for funding from community groups, totalling $68,358.72. Applications for…
Waipā residents’ use of buses continues to lag behind the heady pre Covid days, figures released by Waikato Regional Council show. The council hopes the half price bus fares introduced by the government from April…
Restrictions beehives are to be removed from the draft Waipā Animal Nuisance Bylaw. And people wanting to keep beehives at or above the second storey of a building can also do so provided the building…
Cambridge economist Peter Nicholl has received an international award for his work as governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nicholl, who writes a regular column for The News, received the Central Banking…
A request for further information has paused progress on Global Contracting Solutions’ (GCS) plans to build a waste to energy plant on Te Awamutu’s Racecourse Road. GCS applied for consent in December 2021, however their…
Hundreds of people packed the Cambridge Raceway stands to farewell publican Richard Bright and extend their sympathies to the families of the other men who died with him in the March 20 boating tragedy off…
The Kihikihi alternative water supply project is nearing its completion. The project, which began late last year, aims to improve the resilience of Kihikihi’s water supply by connecting it to Te Awamutu. Currently, Kihikihi’s water…
Between 50-200 people entered Waipā District Council facilities on Tuesday to celebrate the end of vaccine passes. Nina Parker, a Cambridge woman who launched a legal fighting fund last December to prevent the council requiring…
An opponent to a planned quarry just south of Cambridge has told the Waikato Regional Council he believes an unconsented sand quarry is operating in the same area. Rhys Powell lodged a complaint with the…
Waipā District Council says a Buy Local campaign using its ratepayer funded communications department will focus on its own social media platforms. Details of the campaign were unveiled at an unadvertised council workshop last week…
