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Z raided Robbers made off with a till despite a fog cannon being activated by staff during a raid at Z Cambridge today. Police say…

Parades ‘kill retail sales’

Waipā District Council is being urged to engage in deeper community consultation before agreeing to closing roads for Christmas parades. The council last week approved…

Raffle is on the house

Some lucky little person could soon be the recipient of a three-storey doll’s house made by blokes at the Cambridge Menzshed and furnished by Cambridge…

Sticking with the treaty

Cambridge High School Board presiding member Jim Goodrich says the school will continue to honour the Treaty of Waitangi despite the Government’s plans to axe…

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Par-tee like it’s 1900

Bev McLean loves organising events and her latest one – the Cambridge Golf Club 125th anniversary – was another success. Everything went to plan except…

Super rugby links

Waipā connected players are once again scattered across the Pacific following the 2026 Super Rugby squad namings last week. There are 12 players and coaching…

Quarter century celebrated

Cambridge’s wheelchair athlete Maioro Barton has completed his 25th New Zealand Wheelchair Basketball season playing for Waikato. He told The News that halfway through 2024…

Double for Donovan

Cambridge’s Hugh Donovan collected  two golds at the South Pacific Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships over Labour Weekend. Donovan, a year 10 student at St Peter’s…

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From bad to worse

At 9:35 am on November 1 1755, the people of Lisbon, Portugal experienced between six and nine minutes of ground shaking. A fault had ruptured…

Nearer than you think…

A cold unpleasant night greeted my arrival in suburban Paris. Walking up the steps from the deserted dimly lit underground Paris Métro to the street…

Another tax on the table?

At last, a political party in New Zealand has been brave enough to include a capital gains tax in its policy platform. The United Kingdom…

We Say: More to come

In the end, it fizzled out with barely a whimper. The Newcombe Road quarry saga made headlines during the local body election campaign. Yet it…