Seeing our sisters

Cambridge’s sister city relationships with Le Quesnoy and Bihoro are to be rekindled following a self-imposed Covid lull. Community board chair Jo Davies-Colley and Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan head to France next month for the…

Flicking through The News late last month, Te Awamutu’s Ian Stratford got quite the surprise. “I didn’t realise there were any left in New Zealand.” But there it was – a photo of Te Awamutu…

Jeff Speakman’s Kenpo 5.0 Cambridge martial arts members look set to kick on from impressive results at their first tournament in four years. About 20 competitors travelled to take on their west Auckland counterparts, and…

St John’s Anglican Parish in Te Awamutu has confirmed an “awfully difficult” decision. The News revealed last month that historic stained-glass windows at both of Waikato’s only category one historic buildings – part of the…

Former Waipa Networks Trust chair Craig Sanders is no longer a trustee. Sanders – who led the trust for nine years – told The News on Monday it was because he had moved to Dunedin…

Discussions are underway to launch a youth centre teen club in Cambridge. The Rotary Club of Cambridge’s youth and new generation director Kim Prichard has been brainstorming the idea of facilitating such a space, saying…

“You try being the one to keep her home if she’s ever sick,” mum Margaret says. Cambridge Riding for the Disabled (RDA) is preparing to mark its 40th anniversary in October and the organisation’s longest-standing…

Her bags are packed – well, so far they almost are – and she’s ready to go. ‘Yes, mum’s been telling me I need to start thinking about that,” she said. On Saturday, “super excited”…

Groundbreaking equine reproduction – or horse breeding – research at Equibreed NZ is helping keep work undertaken by Kiwi industry specialists “right up there” on the world stage. And, director Dr Lee Morris says nearly…

“I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years and can’t remember a season that’s been so wet for so long, particularly over summer.” Amongst at times “astronomical rainfall and the tough challenges” that’s brought with it,…