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Our shining examples

Recipients of local Hato Hone St John Youth Awards have been described as shining examples among their peers by Cambridge area committee chairman Jim Goddin. Congratulating St John penguins and cadets at last month’s awards…

Costs pressure on rates forecast

With inflation running at 5.6%, down from a 30-year high of 7.3% just over a year ago, households and businesses face difficult choices about spending their money – and so do councils, writes Waikato councillor…

Family devotion to brigade and community honoured

The late Ken Steen was one of a trio of Steen family stalwarts connected to the Cambridge Voluntary Fire Brigade for an extraordinary 127 years. First there was the Steen patriarch Tom, who served 40…

Of cones and councils

If all the orange road cones in this country were placed end to end, they would stretch from Cambridge to Timbuktu. Yes….I made that up, but you get my drift, writes Peter Carr. The plethora…

Chancing your arm?

Days ago, I stood on the Northern Coast of Ireland in County Antrim overlooking Dunluce Castle. Atop craggy outcrops of rock with expansive views northward out into the Atlantic Ocean, my mind recalled famous stories…

Facts about calderas

Writing about volcanism in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the term “caldera” pops up frequently. We have a lot of them. For those who have vaguely heard of them, images of “supervolcanoes” and extinction-level eruptions tend to come…

First gig for future rockstars

They could be the Taylor Swifts, Axl Roses and Olivia Rodrigos of tomorrow, but for today, they’re just amped to be playing their first “proper gig”. A group of Cambridge Middle School band members will…

Te Ara Wai benefits unveiled

The proposed $33 million Te Ara Wai land wars museum in Te Awamutu would create 20 jobs and generate $1.985 million a year, a Waipā District Council-commissioned report shows. The News obtained the Economic impact…

Horses put on a show

More than 400 people got a behind the scenes look at the successful Cambridge Riding for the Disabled operation at their open day on Sunday. And it was the horses themselves that stole the limelight…

Liquor decision reserved

An application for the renewal of an off licence for Blackbull Liquor store in Cambridge has been reserved by the Waipā district licensing committee after a hearing before commissioners Sara Grayson, Michael Cameron and Marcus…

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