Milk collecting goes green

Milk collecting goes green

Māori-owned dairy manufacturer Miraka has launched New Zealand’s first green hydrogen milk collection tanker. The vehicle, a 700hp Volvo green hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel milk collection tanker, was launched at the company’s dairy plant at Mokai, northwest…

Company aim to ‘be a force for good’

Miraka’s story, from its inception in 2010 to its standing today as one of the world’s most sustainable dairy companies – one that achieved B Corp certification earlier this year – was outlined at a…

Service award honours Waipā dentist

Cambridge dentist James Goodrich has been honoured with a New Zealand Dental Association Public Service Award. The award recognises a member who exemplifies humanitarian ideals and attributes and was presented at the association’s recent awards…

New homes for pre-loved phones

A ‘Happy Phones’ initiative that sees school students use repurposed old mobile phones in ways that expand their learning platforms is winning fans at Cambridge East Primary School. Students have been using the pre-loved phones…

Lions’ Christmas sweetener

The Cambridge Lions Club has launched a particularly tasty fundraising project – the sale of 1kg traditional fruit Christmas cakes. The cakes come sealed in a decorative Christmas box, which project leader Sean Brady said…

A modeller’s dream

Hundreds of people filed through the Cambridge Town Hall from Friday through Sunday for the three-day Model Railway Exhibition staged by the Cambridge-based Greater Waikato Railway Modellers (GWRM). The exhibition featured model railways and related…

New Lion king has biggest pride

New Cambridge Lions leader Brent Montgomerie believes the time is right for the club to build on its strengths. Speaking to The News fresh from a monthly ‘Lions evergreens’ tea that celebrates the club’s old…

Art scene is alive and kicking

Anyone who thinks the art scene isn’t pumping in Cambridge is seriously misinformed. The upcoming Art Alive exhibition in Cambridge Town Hall will have well over 120 pieces of work on show, most of them…

Vintage fans roll in

The weather gods turned it on for Sunday’s annual Vintage Car Club (Waikato) fundraiser for the Cancer Society. Waikato VCC members travelled through Waipā to the club’s Cambridge base at McLean Street, some of them…

Chamber boss: ‘make a stand’

Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief Don Good is calling on Waipā Rotarians to bring their business skills to local government by standing for council themselves, or supporting those who do. “There is a place for…