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Kiwi flavour to school production

Cambridge High School’s 2024 production, For Today, is set in a contemporary New Zealand high school and features a selection of iconic kiwi songs. Written by Hamish Arthur, the musical centres around a former rugby…

‘Where I was meant to be…’

Brett and Rachel Tutheridge’s daughter is enjoying the high life in New York – as a communications specialist. Gabrielle was born in Cambridge and comes back every year. Today she tells readers what she has…

Bound to be good

Marcus and son Samuel Gower with Warwick and Cam Emmett got the opportunity to do the Outward Bound Leaps and Bounds eight day course through a generous scholarship from Outward Bound Trust and the Te…

Ōhaupō gets some love

It was a case of no pain, no gain, when a six month roading project started to provide Ōhaupō with a crossing an appropriate parking. Retailers who felt that pain are now celebrating the gain….

It’s not the size that counts

“The biggest volcano in *placename* is set to erupt!” Something along those lines have splashed across headlines through the years and it always gets an eyeroll from me. It’s not the size of the volcano…

It’s driving them mad

To the uninitiated, they are rocks compared to normal golf balls. We are talking about range balls – thousands of them are placed on tees on driving ranges around the country every day by club…

Bihoro application open

Planning is underway for the first official post-Covid visit to Cambridge’s sister city Bihoro and members of the public are invited to be part of it. The group of eight – a mix of elected…

Resthaven opens Hanlin building

The sleek multi-million-dollar first stage of Cambridge Resthaven’s extensive development project was opened last week. Stage 1, started in April 2022, comprises 33 apartments made up of studio units and one and two-bedroom apartments.  Of…

Positive to negative bag

The stats department released the Consumers’ Price Index (CPI) for the year to March 31 on April 17 and it was initially viewed positively. The CPI grew by four per cent compared with 4.7  per…

Mergers – a conversation first

A national conversation about local, regional and national decision making and service provision is needed before any discussion about amalgamation, a Waikato local body leader has told The News. Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey…

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