Reporting for bloody duty

It has been years since The News’ senior writer Mary Anne Gill has given blood but sometime in the next few days, she will rectify that. Gill was one of the many New Zealand residents…

Woops, we published the wrong Open Home listings in the Cambridge News this week. Our apologies. You can download the Open Homes list here, print the list from our website below or click on the…

Read: We can’t get no satisfaction We take a snapshot of comments from the district council’s residents’ survey. The guys who do the parks and gardens do a wonderful job. I am confident in my…

A fire alarm interrupted Waipā councillors’ questions to economist Brad Olsen following his State of the Nation speech this week, but it provided time for an interview with senior writer Mary Anne Gill. Leading economist…

Ahead of Hautapu’s 11th appearance in a Waikato senior men’s club rugby final Mary Anne Gill caught up with two players already hard at work. Jason Thomasen and Nic Jeffcoat typify amateur club rugby at…

Cambridge firefighters were able to celebrate the value of their work when Jerome Crawford called in to see them. Last October Cambridge crews were called to a serious crash at Mystery Creek where Jerome was…

Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…

Waipā riders were to the fore at last weekend’s national BMX champs in Tauranga. Cambridge’s Leila Walker and North Harbour’s Rico Bearman claimed the overall elite honours – both also had under-23 Union Cycliste Internationale…

Canadian performers Big Johnny Blue and Tina Turley are bringing their unmistakeable ‘bluesy music with a rock n’ roll edge’ to Cambridge for the Cambridge Autumn Festival later this month. They gave The News a…