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Will quarry have no rights?

This article is an update of our 18 September 2025 print version Mystery surrounded a last-ditch attempt today to prevent more than 200 truck movements…

Piarere work completed

Piarere’ s new 60 metre roundabout is complete. Transport Agency Waka Kotahi began work on what was a state highway 1 and 29 T-intersection in…

On the Waipa Radar – here is the news in secret

12 September 2025 Waipa District Council has provided The News with On the Radar editions numbers 13, 14, and 15 See: Council response    …

Consultants cash clash

12 September 2025 Updated to include responses from Clyde Graf and Stuart Kneebone. 10 September 2025 A disagreement over the definition of “consultants” versus “consultancy…

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It’s school cross country season

Primary school students around Cambridge have been hitting footpaths, trails and treadmills recently, preparing for their annual cross country events. Pupils from Horahora, Kaipaki, Karāpiro,…

Riding, fighting to the top

Teenagers Liam and Zane Rutland are making waves across Australasia in their respective sports. From a family of five, the Waipā duo compete in show…

Records tumble in powerlifting

Seventy New Zealand records and 18 world records were broken at Te Awamutu’s ASB Stadium during the Global Powerlifting Committee national championships. The August event…

Sharing the Aims spirit

Two teams from different countries have been working hard on and off the court to prepare for this year’s AIMS Games tournament. Waikato’s Cambridge Middle…

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Humanity after a tsunami

One of the best parts of my work with GeoTenerife in the Canary Islands is working with students. One who stood out immediately was Leah…

Where we are

“I’m still standing…” the Elton John hit sings volumes about our beloved Cambridge Water Tower and long may it continue. You may be curious about…

Bank goes ‘third world’

I have written two columns previously on stories about what is happening in New Zealand that I would expect to see in a third world…

Getting to the point

Seventy-four years ago, Peter Ustinov starred in the cinema epic Quo Vadis. Literally translated as ‘where are you going’? Although for the historical purists the…