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A time to remember Uncle Frank – One of the fallen 58

Like many for whom Anzac Day brings family into sharp focus, Len Hatwell’s thoughts turn at this time to the trials faced by his forebears. The Te Awamutu man’s uncle Frank, or Frances Aloysius Ligouri…

Mayors keep cards close

An amalgamation discussion right now could be short and pretty one sided in Waikato. A snap survey of Waikato’s civic leaders suggested the most do not buy into Waikato Chamber of Commerce head Don Good’s…

Mixed bands for services

Anzac Day commemorations in Cambridge will start at 7pm next Wednesday with an Anzac Eve Concert in the Town Hall that brings two major bands together. Organised by the Cambridge Brass Band, the event will…

Success – and a reprimand

Starting with good news – great work by store staff and a quick response by police resulted in the arrest of a male at the Warehouse last week at the Warehouse. He was also identified…

Triple joy

A Cambridge team won the Kihikihi Bowling Club’s Te Awamutu Funeral Services Tournament last week. The event attracted 24 teams – and at the end of the day none managed to win all their games…

Bell shows tons of promise

Xavier Bell wrapped up his summer season in sensational form, scoring two double-centuries in two weeks. “One double-hundred is a significant achievement but two is virtually unheard of and would be the most significant achievement…

Here hums the bus…

The first new EV bus slid quietly off the Cambridge i-Site rank on Monday morning, signalling the launch of an expanded Waipā bus service that also ticks the zero emissions box. It was the first…

Indian solders to be remembered at Anzac

This year’s Anzac Day commemorations in Cambridge will feature acknowledgement of a relatively unknown aspect of New Zealand’s Gallipoli experience – the recognition of Indian soldiers who fought alongside Kiwis at Gallipoli. It is thought…

Goodbye, Mr Blobby

The proposed bridge location is gone – long live the next one. Waipā district councillors held yet another behind closed doors meeting last week to finally put to rest suggestions they would bulldoze through Cambridge’s…

News in brief

Record funding distributed The Cambridge Christmas festival crew have once again done themselves proud. Funds raised at December’s festival hit their highest in the event’s 20-year plus history, facilitating the recent distribution of $37,340 to…

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