Fieldays rethink needed

The days of Cambridge retailers benefitting at the tills from having a national event just up the road seem to have whittled into insignificance. And the result has prompted a call for a more strategic…

Gordon and Heather McInally were so impressed with the Urban Miners recycling operation in Cambridge they intend to take the concept home to Scotland. The couple visited the Cambridge Rotary Club’s star performer, Urban Miners,…

Waipā activated its Crisis Management team after the controversial Cambridge Connections meeting where mayor Susan O’Regan was allegedly threatened. The drop in meeting about the site for a third bridge over Waikato River -held at…

Cambridge Reds maintained their unbeaten run in the Northern Region Football League Southern Conference with a thumping 5-1 victory over Taupō at John Kerkohf Park on Saturday. But tardy supporters need to ensure they get…

Seven years ago Glyn and Robyn Doughty’s 1965 Singer Gazelle was rusting away in a Levin paddock. The Tauwhare couple were no strangers to Gazelles, having owned previous models, but were determined to restore this…

Thirty years ago, a young dairy industry reporter, newly transferred from the King Country, covered her first Fieldays. The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill was back at Mystery Creek today and filed her thoughts….

Smile and wave – that was the take home message bicycle retailer Justin Bax gave the women who attended a women’s’ bike maintenance course last week. “It’s across the board really for blokes and girls,”…

Waste water, carbon emissions, river pipeline and roading changes were some of the issues covered at Fonterra Hautapu’s annual meeting with its community last month. All bar a couple of seats at the factory’s training…

The wheels on the bus go round and round the Waikato region in a vote of confidence in public transport by the region’s territorial authorities that should have patrons beating a path to the bus…

Tony McGovern was 16 when he first became involved in racing, but the King Country-born industry stalwart was born into it. His family have long ties with the racing industry – uncle Rory was a…