It’s a blow for the starlings

Roosting pest birds at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō are being given another incentive to move on and take their messy poo with them. Collaborative efforts involving Te Awamutu Rotary Club and the New Zealand Wetlands…

Despite global and national economic pressures continuing to impact Waipā, the region is still performing better across some measures than many others in New Zealand, says leading economist Brad Olsen. Business growth is stronger here…

Cambridge’s Sophia Stratford had a typically youthful response to her recent success in the world’s most prestigious full-time saddlery course. “So stoked!” she said on social media, referring to her ‘very successful day at the…

The return this year of the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival promises to be a highlight for the 2024-25 tenure of the club’s new president, Gary Smith. The November 10 festival was launched last week at…

The lost Plunket record book that inspired a serendipitous search for its owners has found its family. How the search came to an end is unusual to say the least.  It’s also testimony to the…

Cambridge Rotary Club David Partis immediate past president reckons he couldn’t have asked for a better year in office than the one just ended. Speaking to The News soon after the club changeover for the…

An almost 50-year-old Plunket record book with Hamilton connections is tugging at the heartstrings of staff and volunteers at the Cambridge Hospice Shop. he book, numbered 128 on the cover, is dated 1975 and has…

Almost everything about Camille French’s punt at a top Paris Olympics placing speaks to the power of great support. When the 33-year-old athlete left for France last week, part of the swell of national pride…

Anita Asumadu’s three-and-a-half year tenure as principal at St Peter’s Catholic School has ended. Having succeeded in elevating achievement among students and enriching staff engagement, she is headed now for seemingly quieter pastures in which…

John Coles’ determination that his QSM meant ‘Quite Some Man’ was probably not too far off the mark, despite it sounding less lofty than ‘Queen’s Service Medal’. That nugget of information, delivered by his son…