Hospice shop a dump

Hospice shop a dump

Cambridge Hospice Shop manager Justine Webb-Elliott is about as dedicated as you can be. Hospice Waikato chief executive Alex Gordon, and shop manager, Justine Webb-Elliott, inspecting the items donated and dumped during the Easter break,…

Letter to editor – 1 May 2025

Fluoride misinformation I’m wanting to complain to you about giving airtime about the stupidity of anti-fluoridation. Fluoridation of water has been proved to be excellent for public health for over 70 years and giving airtime…

Waipā’s own home and leisure show

 #waipahomeandleisure2025 #homeandleisure2025 #cambridgenewsNZ  #teawamutunews #waikatobusinessnews #kingcountrynews See: First Show a success See: Waipa’s own home show

Letter to editor – 24 April 2025

Time is money On Wednesday April 9, I passed the road works in Cambridge Rd a number of times. I noticed five personnel directing traffic, two large earth/road machines, parked up, and no activity on…

Great to be back

I’m back. After a six month hiatus working in Hamilton I have decided there is “no place like home” and I have returned to my substantive position as community constable for Te Awamutu. I particularly…

A little less of lonely

When the big square bales dropped off the forks, they knocked the land-girl flat. She hadn’t heard him coming.  Plugged into her Walkman, broad back turned to him, shovelling out years of an old leak…

Letters to Editor – 2 April 2025

I write in response to the page three article Another Bridge Too Far (The News, April 27). A majority of the community are not against major developments for his town, but rather are understandably against…

Plan ahead on expressway

Motorists travelling on the Cambridge section of the State Highway 1 (SH1) Waikato Expressway are advised to plan ahead, with a northbound left lane closure scheduled for both Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 March, followed…

Pirongia celebrates funding

A group dedicated to restoring Mt Pirongia’s biodiversity says a  Waikato Regional Council grant is “life blood”. Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society will receive $303,000 over three years towards its Kia Mau Tonu…

Letters to the Editor

A success story Clyde Graf’s opinion piece on kiwi releases from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain (The News, March 20) casts unfounded aspersions on efforts to protect brown kiwi. He is also ill-informed about the practice of…