Expo to be annual fixture

An inaugural Retirement Expo held in Cambridge last week is to become an annual fixture after it received high praise from industry representatives. The expo – organised by a familiar face to The News readers…

“He won the award for most mischievous in show. If he was going to win anything, that is definitely the most appropriate for his personality,” Nicola O’Neill said. Nicola was among about 40 competitors who…

The Cambridge A and P Show may look somewhat different to past iterations but a new generation of interest is still being fostered, organisers say. The 119th edition of the show was held at Cambridge…

Parked up in a shady spot on Sunday, Cambridge’s Larry Jooste had the perfect vantage point from which to take in all the action. His 1938 Standard Eight was amongst an estimated 1600 vehicles which…

Cambridge’s Stephen Jones was introduced to rowing at school. The now two-time Olympian, who was part of the New Zealand team for almost a decade before retiring last year, says credit for that largely lies…

The road to some of Waikato’s premier tourist attractions starts with a weed-infested roundabout which Waka Kotahi says it doesn’t have a budget to clean up. And one local body politician says the mess is…

Leamington Rugby Sports Club has won the Waikato Rugby club sevens division 1 title for the fifth straight year. The last club rugby competition for the calendar year was played at Memorial Park on Saturday,…

Two key events on Cambridge’s 2023 calendar will share common ground this month. Both the Great Kiwi Summer Festival, an inaugural event three years in the making which is being called “New Zealand’s biggest celebration…

A new festival launched to fund a mental health charity could become an annual fixture in Cambridge. We speak exclusively in the Waikato Business News, out this week, to the man whose vision it is…

A teenage politician was at the forefront of a small protest against greyhound racing at Cambridge Raceway last week. Animal Justice Party’s Hamilton East candidate Lily Carrington – who turned 18 just before this year’s…