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Don’t present thieves with gifts

Wasn’t the Christmas parade on Sunday fun?  It was great to see so many of our community taking part and also lining the streets to watch, despite the rain. It is a sign that December…

News …. in brief

Toasting 30 years The Cambridge Treetown Toastmasters celebrated its 30th anniversary recently. The club, which has more than 20 members has continued to run hybrid style meetings in the wake of the Covid pandemic when…

Reps celebrate with two wins

Five Waipa cricketers were amongst a Waikato Valley team that took on Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty, Northland and Hamilton last week at the girls’ Northern Brave T20 Smash Youth Rangitahi tournament in Cambridge. “We…

Mana whenua gift names

Five new names for internal roads at Patrick Hogan Retirement Village have been gifted by mana whenua in Cambridge to Ryman Healthcare. Four of the names represent local native trees or plants and the fifth…

It rained on our parade, but no one cared …..

The rain bucketed down during the Cambridge Christmas Parade today (Sunday) which might have impacted on spectator numbers but float participants still had a good time. Cambridge Toy Library took out the best float. Winners…

New look on the cards

A few stylish artistic types have contributed to designs now brightening up Waipā district libraries’ membership cards and book bags. They were among the many who responded to an April competition held by the libraries…

News …… in brief

Yellow lines Waipā road safety staff have distributed signs to various schools pointing out the issues parents parking on yellow lines cause outside the schools. They are put out in the morning and at the…

Kākāpō trio returned

Waikato’s fledgling kākāpō population is proving too inquisitive for its own good. It was revealed this week three of the 10 birds brought up from the bottom of the South Island to Maungatautari had managed…

Expo to be annual fixture

An inaugural Retirement Expo held in Cambridge last week is to become an annual fixture after it received high praise from industry representatives. The expo – organised by a familiar face to The News readers…

Sexploitation ‘does happen here’

Kiwis who believe that the sexual exploitation of minors doesn’t happen in New Zealand are kidding themselves. It does happen here, says one expert on the topic, as does the commercial sexual exploitation of children,…

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