Breaking ground

Breaking ground

Ground works have begun on a mixed-use development in Leamington which will become the third of its type in Cambridge but the first on the southern side of the Waikato River. The three-storey Village at Leamington – marketed…

Buses on the hour mooted

By Blair Voorend and Mary Anne Gill A bus every hour from 6am through to 7pm between Cambridge and Hamilton could be coming as early as next year in response to an increase in patronage….

Olivia’s back in the water 

Cambridge swimmer Olivia Emmett was becoming something of a fish out of water thanks to Covid. The youngster had just arrived in Auckland for the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships when it was announced the city…

December Xmas parade plans unveiled

Planners of the Cambridge Christmas Parade have announced details of this year’s event and have declared the 2021 parade theme as ‘A Sporty Christmas’. Destination Cambridge and the parade committee said last week that the theme had been chosen as a…

Opinion: Just picture this 

By Peter Carr  Two years ago this week I was in Ireland – representing the NZ National Fieldays Society at the annual Irish Plough agricultural event. This is a gathering of all things agricultural (and a few other sideshows too)…

Henry graduates with an honour 

Cambridge plumber Henry Rombouts graduated at the Apprenticeship Training Trust’s celebration ceremony held online last Friday – and collected an award. The ATT event replaced the planned in-person graduation event at Sky City Auckland. Henry works for Laser Plumbing Cambridge and qualified in plumbing and gasfitting. He was…

Dawn’s talents recognised

Central Bowling Club’s well-kept gardens are the envy of Cambridge and now the woman who keeps them looking that way has been presented with a prestigious Bowls Waikato award. Dawn Britten has been a member…

Business worries grow says MP 

Businesses in Cambridge are increasingly concerned about surviving alert level 2, Taupō MP Louise Upston says. She said that was the feedback she was getting from Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief Kelly Bouzaid “Businesses reaching out to my electorate office too report the…

Councillors zoom back in

Waipā district councillors have gone back to Zoom meetings – which has advantages and disadvantages for viewers. The council has been broadcasting meetings online since the first Covid lockdown in 2020 – but the view…

Security cameras debated 

Councillors have taken staff to task over the standards of CCTV cameras in the Waipā district. But the system is a “work in progress” and the council is on the right track, Transportation Manager Bryan…