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Tentative step forward for Te Ara Wai

Detailed design work is set to begin on Te Ara Wai, a New Zealand land wars museum planned for Te Awamutu. But this next stage…

Time out in Cambridge

Cambridge’s town clock is playing up again, but it had nothing to do with daylight saving when clocks went forward an hour on Sunday morning….

Marie adjusts to a kiwi way of life

Fewer school subjects and the strangeness of school uniforms are just a couple of life variations Rotary exchange student Marie Witzel is adjusting to. The…

Power to our people

A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a…

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White knuckle jumper heads to Florida

One of the country’s top water skiers, Cambridge-based Alex King, left for the United States this week to take part in October’s IWWF World Waterski…

Successful season for Cambridge High hockey

Cambridge High School’s teacher in charge of hockey Glenys Bichan is thrilled with the school’s success this season. The U18 boys’ team, coached by Cameron…

There’s a good boy, Jock…

Tracy Munro took to competing in dog agility competitions when she could no longer ride in horse show jumping events. While there are similarities –…

At the end of the battle …….

All together now – the annual community day which doubles as a highly social Battle of the Bridge produced one perfect result last weekend. Hautapu…

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Why I voted ‘no’

Waikato Regional Council has just voted to retain its two Māori constituencies for another six years. Only councillor Chris Hughes and I voted against the…

Preparing for a bigger town

The current ridiculous promises being made – and posturing apparent – by all politicians tells me that the hustings have reach the looney stage. Many…

Way better than we imagined…

Recently my youngest had his 17th birthday. As part of his ‘day’ I told him I’d pick him up to go somewhere as a surprise…

A violent past

“There was a violent roaring, lasting four or five minutes at a time… we saw a cloud gradually rising, black as ink… it was flashing…