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Fete would have it

What is a fete? Leaning upon that well-thumbed tome the  Oxford Dictionary I am informed that it is an outdoor public function usually to garner funds for charity. What better setting to hold one last…

News ….. in brief

Rukuhia rebuild Both lanes of a short section of State Highway 3 between Rukuhia and Narrows roads near Hamilton airport are being rebuilt and closed to southbound traffic until April 5. The rebuild work involves…

Fundraisers go the distance

Cambridge Community House (CCH) is more than $6000 better off thanks to the efforts of two recent fundraisers – one by an individual and the other a group event. The more recent of the two…

Another bridge too far

The developer behind two of Waipā’s biggest projects in the last decade has ruled out land near St Peter’s School in Cambridge for a third Waikato River bridge. 3Ms of Cambridge Development, in a joint…

Maadi parade – no cause for alarm

Cambridge streets were packed with supporters and students from the 150 schools competing at Lake Karāpiro in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships, lined up with their banners in Wilson Street. The anticipation was…

Rowing’s in the family

Dunedin’s Columba College students were already winners before their boats hit the Lake Karāpiro waters for the Maadi Regatta which started on Monday. They took out the best banner award for what judge Waipā mayor…

End of road for i-Site

Cambridge i-Site will close on June 30 following cutbacks, a rent increase and Riverside Adventures’ decision to move out of the Town Hall space. Destination Cambridge, which has 150 members and previously ran the i-Site…

Letters to the Editor – 26 March 2025

A success story Clyde Graf’s opinion piece on kiwi releases from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain (The News, March 20) casts unfounded aspersions on efforts to protect brown kiwi. He is also ill-informed about the practice of…

Your help, our arrests

It was good to see lots of whānau at the Balloons over Waipa event in Te Awamutu last Friday. In Cambridge on Sunday, a similarly positive crowd cheered on Maadi rowers as they began the…

High … and dry

Rotomate sheep and beef farmer Mat Sherriff says pond levels have dropped about one metre on his farm. When you can see the mountains it’s going to rain, when you can’t see the mountains, it’s…

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