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Projecting a positive image

A new piece of interactive technology designed with diversional therapy and loads of enjoyment in mind is delighting residents at Cambridge Resthaven’s two care centres….

Mayor, chief attend forum

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and chief executive Steph O’Sullivan attended the World Business Forum’s two-day conference in Sydney, Australia last week. Organised by World of…

A supreme disruptor

Grey Ormsby is buzzing because he did not listen to his father. A quarter of a century after Waitomo Group founder Desmond Ormsby advised his…

No exit for Grey Street

Grey Street in Cambridge has now been split in two following the creation of a cul-de-sac at its northern intersection with Hamilton Road. Council contractors…

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Alan Hayward – 70 not out

When Cambridge Antiques’ all-rounder Alan Hayward opened the bowling for his side in club cricket on Sunday he was, at 70, possibly the oldest player…

BMXers to the fore

Cambridge has its fair share of Olympic champions – and seven-year-old Goodwood School student Archer Griffin might just be one in the making. Archer, who…

Women’s cricket is on a roll

Seven months ago, the excitement in Elin Gainsford’s eyes as she watches groundsmen prepare a brand new wicket at Victoria Square says it all: local…

Scoring in the eighties

Two Cambridge women point to technology as the major reason they are still playing golf after 60 and 40 years respectively. Gaye Bezzant, 87, and…

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We say …. The Courier: another last post

In the 1970s at the South Waikato News in Tokoroa, Brian Burmester was a leading light in the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association of which…

Increasing competition

A newspaper article last week said Finance Minister Nicola Willis was looking closely at a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development…

Making sense of life

Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Our ‘five senses’ comprise such a wonderful gift equipping our nervous system with information to process, enabling us to…

Summer, safety and water

With summer fast approaching, it is time to start thinking about water safety. Waipā is lucky to have the Waikato River and lakes on our…