We say …. The Courier: another last post

We say …. The Courier: another last post

In the 1970s at the South Waikato News in Tokoroa, Brian Burmester was a leading light in the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association of which Good Local Media owner David Mackenzie is now president. Burmester…

Rock stars reveal Karioi facts

A come-and-go lake near Raglan has been declared the oldest in New Zealand. Lake Disappear – Mokaikaraka – is in a valley near Bridal Veil Falls dammed by lava flow 2.33 million years ago. It…

Good local advice

The winning team in this year’s Waikato University Management School case competition had strong Cambridge connections. Two of the four attended school in the town – and a third student with Cambridge ties was in…

Going to town ‘retiring’ land

Landowners have “retired” 8442 hectares of riparian or erosion prone land in the Waikato Regional Council area over seven years a new report says. At 8442ha – that’s 84.42 square kilometres – it’s bigger than…

Titchener prepares next move

Anti-fluoride campaigner Kane Titchener, buoyed by a court ruling in the United States, says he will ask Waipā District Council to liaise with 13 other councils to push back against adding the chemical to water…

Cambridge’s northern stars

Snap! The women match the men Roy Pilott was at John Kerkhof Park to see the club’s premier women emulate the men and win a home and away playoff to secure promotion to the Northern…

Cambridge on the up

29 September 3pm Cambridge Women have won promotion to the Northern League women’s championships following a 3-3 draw with Onehunga Māngere United at John Kerfhof Park in Cambridge today. Cambridge goals came from Brooke Suisted…

Is the timing right?

A clamp down on daytime parking in Cambridge has left some commuters scrambling for positions. The Alpha St carpark, popular with workers who are based in and around Victoria St is now usually full by…

Time for women’s team to shine

22 September 3.15pm Cambridge takes a 1-0 advantage into the second round of the Women’s Conference playoff against Onehunga Mangere following its win in Auckland today. Caitlin Varcoe’s first half goal was the only difference…

Clap the thunder – now it’s lightning

When Cambridge based TVP Thunder wrapped up the Secondary Senior Premier Grade at the Hamilton Netball Centre for a second year running recently, it spelled the end of an era. The team – players from…