Cambridge News NZ

24/07/2025

The landscape has changed since Waikato Expressway Cambridge section was built - higher volumes of freight traffic, accelerated commercial and residential growth, more events is all coverging to put unprecedented pressure on local roads in Cambridge and Leamington. A quick fix would be on off ramps at the end of Tirau Rd near Cambridge Golf Club. Taupo MP Louise Upston who previously ruled it out is being actively lobbied to help.
https://www.cambridgenews.nz/2025/07/upston-lobbied-over-expressway-ramps/

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce has intensified its support for on-off ramps at Tīrau Road, south of the town, and is urging Taupō MP Louise Upston to join the campaign.   Chamber chief executive Kelly Bouzaid...

23/07/2025

A change of mind by Kane Titchener - he feels there's more work to do so is standing for the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board but Sally Whitaker has decided not to restand.
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https://www.teawamutunews.nz/2025/07/whitaker-out-titchener-back-in/

All but one member of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board is standing for re-election. Sally Whitaker, who was elected to the board in 2022 after sharing disillusionment with central government overreach into local government...

23/07/2025

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan launched her re-election campaign this week, announcing that if elected, it would be her final term in office. Plus Waikato Regional Council reverses its controversial decision to leave Local Government New Zealand but not for the first time this term, it took chair Pamela Storey's casting vote. Plus the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce has got some high-profile support for on-off ramps on the Waikato Expressway east of Cambridge and is asking Taupo MP Louise Upston to advocate for the community.
https://wbn.co.nz/

23/07/2025

Decision reversed: a notice of motion for Waikato Regional Council to rejoin Local Government NZ was successful today but only on the casting vote of chair Pamela Storey.
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Stop Press 23 July 11am Waikato Regional Council is back as a member of Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) after chair Pamela Storey used her casting vote to reverse a decision to leave made last...

17/07/2025

Victory for Waipa District Council at the LGNZ awards in Christchurch for Ahu Ake.
Cambridge News NZ

STOP PRESS Waipa wins the Super Engaged – Tū Hononga Award for ‘Ahu Ake, Waipā Community Spatial Plan’. Ahu Ake is Waipā District Council’s bold, 30+ year vision shaped hand-in-hand with mana whenua and the...

09/07/2025

Waipa contracting company JWI Earthmoving credits the Waikeria Prison project for its recent growth. Read what Te Awamutu director Jason Inness has to say.
JWI Earthmoving

A Waipā-based contractor has credited the Waikeria Prison redevelopment project with transforming his business and creating dozens of jobs. JWI Earthmoving, a civil earthworks, concrete and logging company based in Ngāhinapōuri, was founded in 2016....

09/07/2025

Co***ne and money seized in Cambridge today.

Police have seized three ounces of co***ne and $20,000 from a Cambridge address today. They also seized a gun, cash and over half a kilogram of co***ne in an operation targeting drug suppliers in Matamata-Piako....