Eltje wins precious metal

Waipā paralympian Eltje Malzbender executed one of the finest rides of her career to take an outstanding bronze medal in the Women’s T1 Individual Time Trial at the Zurich 2024 Para-Cycling Road World Championships earlier…

A Waipā nursery is donating thousands of trees to rural schools across the North Island. Restore Native owner Adam Thompson says it’s an important social and environmental initiative specifically targeted at rural schools. His company…

Mural discussion It was an interesting article in the Cambridge News (This bird has flown, September 12) about the mural in Leamington Domain. The mural artwork is beautiful. I walk my dog around the perimeter…

Champagne corks are popping across the Waikato today with confirmation that direct flights between Hamilton Airport and Australia are back. Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, has announced it will offer three return flights per week…

Māori wards In regard to Waipā mayor Susan’ O’Regan’s comments on the Māori ward issue and her resentment that the government is forcing a referendum on whether or not to continue with them where councils…

Students from four primary schools – Ōhaupō, Rukuhia, Kaipaki and Tamahere – joined residents of Hamilton’s Bupa Foxbridge Village to find out more about Waikato’s waterways. Using environmental “eDNA” technology with AquaWatch’s Waka monitoring equipment,…

Cambridge cyclist Jodie Blackwood was part of the New Zealand team which won silver in the World Junior track cycling championships in China last month. The Year 13 student combined with Invercargill’s Riley Faulkner and…

Seventeen people from Waipā and King Country, including representatives from police, schools and a youth trust have completed a Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Aotearoa workshop. The two-day training, held in Te Awamutu August…

A stellar crowd of Cambridge Olympians, local businesses and the hockey community packed the Town Hall on Saturday night to raise around $14,000 for Cambridge High School’s First X1 hockey teams. Both boys and girls…

Live ammunition found on the sorting-line conveyor belt at the Te Awamutu recycling plant today has prompted further calls for people to get their recycling sorted. The rusty 12-gauge shotgun cartridge was mixed in with…