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Arthur’s 50-year legacy

The Cambridge Blind and Low Vision Support Group has celebrated 50 years spent providing support for those who struggle in a world set up for the fully sighted. The gathering at the Sir Don Rowlands…

Trilogy launched

The story of Le Quesnoy’s liberation via ladder and its connection to Cambridge makes for compelling reading, and a new book written by a New Plymouth chartered accountant and historical fiction fan Tania Roberts breathes…

Sisters and goats succeed

The Neilson-Smith sisters have had a busy few months proudly showing their goats in agricultural competitions across Waipā and the Waikato – and learning plenty about responsibility along the way. Pāterangi School students Erika, 11,…

From darkness to clay

Lee Johnston battled depression when his father died when he was only 15. “I had my own things going on when I was a young fella,” said the Maungatautari potter who is now 61. “When…

Erosion funding

Funding remains available to support farmers in preventing hill country erosion, particularly in priority areas where land is highly susceptible due to steep slopes, high rainfall, and weathered geology. In these farming regions, erosion risk…

Debate over flooding

When it rains, Donna Liddington fears for her home, business and livestock. Liddington has operated the Horse and Hound Shop from Cambridge Road, between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, for 20 years and has suffered regular…

Beekeeper joins fight

Mountain View Honey apiarist Lindy Bennett is building traps to catch bee eating yellow legged hornets. Anger is mounting over the pace at which the Ministry for Primary Industries acted after two male hornets were…

Literal shaky ground

Last week in Wellington I was lying in bed getting ready to sleep when I thought I felt the rumblings of a large truck going by. It died down, then a stronger shake hit. The…

Council looks at roads reset

Waipā District Council will decide next month which transport problems it wishes a reset Cambridge Connections project to resolve. Before then Cambridge Connections executive director Katie Mayes will bring the new council up to speed…

We do care, say councillors

Newly-elected Waikato regional councillors Keith Holmes and Garry Reymer have hit back at claims that they do not care about the environment. Councillors have faced criticism for seeking an economic impact report on a plan…

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