Cambridge’s Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson, 30, have been competing…
Cambridge’s Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson, 30, have been competing…
Waipā District Council has put its representation review proposal out for public consultation. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill reports on what rural voters should consider. When Maungatautari ward councillor Mike Montgomerie voted for the Waipā…
I’m writing this week’s column against a backdrop of feeling troubled as I’ve wrestled over issues that plague today’s world. We live in seriously tempestuous times. It’s challenging attempting constructive comment on the plethora of…
Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust has let half of its mountain rangers go as Department of Conservation funding ended. Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain general manager Helen Hughes told The News the trust had lost seven of the…
This article differs from the print version and includes the Reserve Bank announcement yesterday cutting the official cash rate by 0.25 points to 5.25%. On August 5 the Japanese stock market had its biggest daily…
The Waipā council has inherited a “legacy of neglect” when it comes to the Cambridge Water Tower, says the man leading a community initiative to save the historic building. Peter Fulton who chairs the Save…
Devon Briggs has a message for the kids who used to bully him at primary school – who’s got the last laugh now? The 20-year-old psychology student is in Paris about to compete at the…
‘The Captain of all these men of death’ – the dreaded tuberculosis – every so often visited the Te Awamutu district. The unflagging efforts of Isabel Pope in February 1911 could not save her husband…
As Cambridge Community Liaison officer, one of my roles is to be the police liaison officer for our Cambridge Community Patrol (CBCP), part of the national community patrol network. Every week, CBCP puts out a…
August 12, 5am Gold for Ellesse Andrews in the women’s sprint, her second gold at the Paris Olympics. The Cambridge-based Kiwi has claimed three medals – two golds and a silver – at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome,…
