Cyber bullying gets physical

The Violence Free Waipā team took to Cambridge’s streets last Friday to mark Pink Shirt Day, an annual event held to quell rising levels of bullying. New Zealand has supported Pink Shirt Day since 2009,…

Local Government New Zealand has pledged to involve community newspapers in a campaign to attract more candidates and voters to this year’s local body elections. LGNZ announced last week it wanted to make the country…

A 29-year-old man with Waipā links is helping clean up war-torn Ukraine. Danya Nasuta-Hill’s parents Leanne and Stu Hill live in Cambridge and appealed to The News a fortnight ago on behalf of their son…

Waipā District Council says it will maintain online cover of meetings following questions from The News. Last week’s Te Awamutu Community Board meeting was the first in person since August – but was not livestreamed…

News contributions: At Good Local Media we can’t always be at your event or assign a reporter to do interviews – but you can still get your story in the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu…

The Cambridge Antiques cricket team has finished its season with bodies and minds intact and players’ stories already starting to become the stuff of legends. Two losses from 12 matches made for a great season…

Relations between Fonterra and residents around their Hautapu plant remain frosty in the wake of approval being given for the dairy giant to build a wastewater treatment plant. The company said last week it was…

The Media Council says Te Awamutu News was justified in asking questions about the new ownership of the Regent Theatre in Te Awamutu. The council said it considered a complaint about a story published in…

Wētā Workshop is embarking on its latest venture, bringing to life a pivotal moment in New Zealand’s WWI history thousands of kilometres away from Wellington in a small French town, Le Quesnoy. Opening to the…

An exhibition of World Ward One postcards sent to a local family and highlighting their wartime tragedy is at the centre of an exhibition at Cambridge Museum running until April 30. The silk embroidered postcards…