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i-Site grants Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites have been given grants of $30,000 each by Waipā District Council in the 2024-2025 financial year to help recover from the loss of the council’s funding. The decision…

Waipa motorcyclist dies in crash

Police have named the motorbike rider who died following a crash on Te Poi Road near Matamata on Friday. She was 51-year-old Donna Gaye McCauley from Waipa. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are…

Cambridge driver in hunt for title

The V8 Utes championship is on a knife edge heading into the conclusion of the season as a full field of V8 Utes do battle at the season decider tomorrow and Sunday at Hampton Downs….

Nothing wrong with us? Not so …..

As a volcanologist I work hard on local and international research projects and I thrive spending long physically demanding days on volcanoes. I am also in pain almost every single day. May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome…

i-Site safe for now

Cambridge’s i-Site will remain open after securing support from two tourism operators. Destination Cambridge general manager Ruth Crampton said when Waipā District Council announced it was pulling its funding for the i-Site, from July 1,…

Heritage funds hit the spot

Restoration of the stained glass windows at St Paul’s Church in Rangiaowhia are among six projects to get funding from Waipā District Council’s Heritage Fund. The $20,000 is $40,000 shy of what is needed to…

In the swim of it

Attendance records at Waipā District Council’s two swimming pools in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have been smashed in the six months ended December 31. Nearly 193,000 people – up 9.3 per cent from the previous…

Welcome home, sort of ….

In 1969, when the successful moon landing astronauts landed back in the Atlantic Ocean, they clearly came off a high of world appreciation and folded themselves back into society – albeit with a long public…

Phones away; students chat

Cambridge High School students are chatting, laughing and playing games together more during break times since cellphones were banned in New Zealand schools, says principal Greg Thornton. “Previously they would all gather around a phone,…

The dilemma of Israel ……

Similar in size from Warkworth to Cape Reinga, a tiny nation features daily in worldwide news. It’s been that way since May 14, 1948 when Israel declared its sovereignty following a UN remit. One day…

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