Wintec cancels Wallace degree

Wintec cancels Wallace degree

Wintec has stripped disgraced businessman and arts patron James Wallace of the honorary Master of Arts he was awarded in 2019. Cambridge born Wallace, one of the country’s leading arts and film philanthropists and a…

Maunga manager to go full time

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is advertising for a full time general manager as part of a move to bolster fundraising and its profile. Chief executive Andrew Peckham, who took up the post in December, said the…

Roundabout tenders called

John Hansen’s dream of seeing a flyover rather than a roundabout at the Piarere intersection of highways one and 29 appears to have been dashed. The Cambridge resident’s case won a lot of support in…

Gully plan approved

Waikato District Council will introduce a targeted rate to continue restoring and preserving the Tamahere gully network. Councillors voted last week to levy Tamahere ward ratepayers $1 a week per property over the next five…

Into referees’ time

Hautapu won the first challenge for the new Cambridge Referees’ Cup for club colts with a 20-10 win over Leamington on Saturday. There was no shortage of refs in town as the Cambridge referees’ association…

New church berm blessed

A new memorial berm at St Stephen’s Church, Tamahere, is a nod to the past as well as the future. The church, built in 1970 following a night of arson which saw three churches attacked…

Refs whistle up a new cup

Breaking News: Hautapu beats Leamington 20-10 Hautapu 20 (Joel Hazelton 2, Robert Prescott, Blake Seavill tries) Leamington 10 (Jacob Jozwik try, Caleb Pollard, pen, conv) – H-Time 5-3.   The Cambridge Rugby Referees Association donated…

Church relaxes cemetery access with new berm

A church service on Sunday will see St Stephen’s Church in Tamahere mark its 140th anniversary by opening up access to its historic cemetery. A memorial berm at the St Stephen’s has been established to…

Graf knocks closed door meetings

Regional councillor Clyde Graf has called for an end to closed-door workshops. In an exclusive column for The News, he says the Waikato Regional Council held 58 closed-door workshops in 2021-22, where the Hamilton City…

Monavale – a ton of stories

It was just over 100 years in the making. Past friends and residents gathered at the Monavale Hall, between Te Awamutu and Cambridge, in mid-April to celebrate the centenary of a building which cost all…