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Work developing a new $1.5 million playground at Leamington Domain has begun with all equipment – bar the iconic steam roller – removed. Work will finish in May. Meanwhile Jayco Huxtable, 8, of Leamington Primary…

Election year rifts among elected Waipā District Council members appear to have been sorted out just in time for crucial decisions about the future of water supplies and local government mergers. Two councillors, Roger Gordon…

Stop press 8am 12 February Stop press Cardiff Rugby head coach Matt Sherratt has been appointed as head coach to lead the Wales senior side for the final three matches of the 2025 Guinness Six…

A mystery adventure race that annually transforms Lake Te Koo Utu in Cambridge into a haven for mums, dads and children attracted 473 participants this year. The XRace, held on a humid Friday afternoon last…

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest thoroughbred training centre in Cambridge could be up for sale in what pundits are describing as the biggest racecourse land search in a century. The 61ha centre has 1200 horses regularly…

When customers of a certain age wander into Cambridge Hospice Waikato Shop and into the retro section, their eyes rise longingly at the posters and memorabilia on the wall. “They’re not for sale,” manager Justine…

Cambridge High School year nine students got the message loud and clear from principal Greg Thornton at their pōwhiri last week. “Realise your potential,” he urged the 360 plus nervous looking young people sitting quietly…

Rod Beare thought nothing of it when there was a knock on his front door about 10.30pm. Somebody must need help, he thought, and sure enough it was a young man who said he had…

Tuesday 4 February Two youths will appear in the Tauranga Youth Court tomorrow (Wednesday) charged with two burglaries and two unlawful takes of a motor vehicle. Police executed a search warrant in Tauranga earlier today…

Horse racing in the Waikato is a $505 million industry employing more than 6200 people and it is about to undergo radical change, reports senior writer Mary Anne Gill.   When Andrew ‘Butch’ Castles says…