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Rates up Waikato District Council’s rates are to rise 13.75 per cent, its Annual Plan recommends. Affordability concerns have been a priority for the council,…

Autumn Festival briefs

Winners announced Jane Thompson and Valentina Di Maio of Cambridge won the open and youth categories in the Paua Architects’ sponsored Autumn Festival photography competition….

New focus for i-Site

Key tourism industry partners gathered in Cambridge last week to meet with Waikato i-Site operators and discuss current issues. Representatives from Cambridge and Te Awamutu…

Staff are under pressure

Waipā staff painted a brutal picture this week of the pressure they are under to produce an Annual Plan by June 30. At the council’s…

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Rowing for gold

She was a triple champion two weeks ago – now she has a Maadi medal in her sights. “Getting three gold medals in a regatta’s…

Major effort for Maadi

About 2000 secondary school athletes are gearing up to compete at this year’s Aon Maadi Regatta in Twizel from March 18-23, hoping the hours they’ve…

Runners kept in the dark

Venus was the brightest object in the sky and the Southern Cross was high up as more than 300 people took the opportunity to run…

Five on the trot for Cambridge

An impressive all-round effort from junior cricketer Jack Marsh helped Cambridge to a nail-biting victory against Berkley U14 Boys Heat on Saturday. Berkley batted first,…

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What is going wrong here?

As I looked through the newspapers last week trying to decide what issue could be the theme for this column, I was surprised by how…

Facing the ‘march’ of time

I visited an elderly couple in an aged care facility. Their marriage had stood the test of multiple decades – understandably, natural physical deterioration from…

The Case Against Incineration

Andrew Johnstone put his views forward last week in support of an incinerator plant for Waipā. Today, Nick Cantlon, representing the Don’t Burn Waipā lobby…

Celebrating the haka

I recall as a young fella watching the All Blacks performing the haka in the 1950’s; 60’s, 70’s… they were all arms and legs flailing…