Opinion: don’t believe everything you read…

No Planet B By Peters Matthews  It must be the internet – so much information so easily. I don’t remember being as suspicious of news sources in the days before the internet as I am…

Faith in Waipa By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church Some time ago our family hosted some overseas exchange students on a home-stay basis. They were pleasant enough kids, but our lasting impression of this bunch…

It’s time once again for us to select the Cambridge News Person of the Year, and readers are being invited to send us their suggestions as to the person they think might be a worthy…

The latest report from Wellington-based economists, Infometrics, says economic activity in the district has managed to “bounce back” in the September 2020 quarter. Waipā’s gross domestic product (GDP) was only 0.6 per cent lower than…

No Planet B By Peter Matthews Many years ago a lawyer said to me that the most tiring thing about being a lawyer in his line of work, which was the family court, was permanently…

The Age of Reason By Peter Carr One of the advantages of retirement linked with advancing years is an alleged associated quantum of free time. Free, that is, to be used in any way legally…

Faith in Waipā By Murray Smith, senior leader, Bridges Church In this climate of awareness concerning pandemic spread, I’ve been considering how another pandemic is manifesting in our society. In certain respects ‘prejudice’ also is…

Cambridge photographer Lucy Rowden is searching for Cambridge’s secret spaces. She is working with Cambridge Museum to uncover spaces which were once seen by the community regularly – but not anymore. The Cambridge News uncovered…

During lockdown, we all walked or cycled from A to B. Imagine if we could park up our cars long-term and transform Waipā… Posted by Waipā District Council on Monday, November 16, 2020   A $9.5…

Cambridge residents Georgia Pollock and Sara Young are taking part in a Hamilton-based production this month that focuses on family violence. They have been cast in ‘hush: a verbatim play about family violence’, being presented…