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Understanding elder abuse

This week I want to highlight work being done with Violence Free Waipā and Cambridge Community House around elder abuse. You may have seen a television campaign recently aimed at educating people about elder abuse….

Hautapu: We are the Champions

Hautapu beat Hamilton Marist 41-33 to win its seventh Waikato Rugby Union grand final today and they did it by playing the sort of rugby fans have come to expect from this fast-paced team. After…

Wintec cancels Wallace degree

Wintec has stripped disgraced businessman and arts patron James Wallace of the honorary Master of Arts he was awarded in 2019. Cambridge born Wallace, one of the country’s leading arts and film philanthropists and a…

More than bed and breakfast ….

Recently we had a superb catch around the importation and supply of class A drugs, following a search warrant execution involving specialist squads. It was a good example of the benefits that come from an…

Status quo carries no truck

In the Cambridge cafe aptly for years known as Deli on the Corner, the interior comes to a sharp and narrow pointed extremity. It looks out at the nearby Duke Street roundabout and what used…

Never fight with fire

A wailing siren caught my attention while driving in a busy city this week. You know how it goes – at first, it’s hard to determine what it is (fire, police, ambulance) or where it’s…

To infinity and beyond

Spencer Cleland is shooting for the stars as her prepares to go boldly where only a select group of budding scientists have gone before. The St Peter’s School year 13 student is one of 24…

University challenge

University on the up In my column below, I wrote that Waikato University’s ranking of 250th in the QR global rankings of universities placed it sixth amongst New Zealand’s eight universities. That was wrong. It…

Maunga manager to go full time

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is advertising for a full time general manager as part of a move to bolster fundraising and its profile. Chief executive Andrew Peckham, who took up the post in December, said the…

T & T duo make way

Two men who have toiled tirelessly for Cambridge Lions’ ‘Trash ‘n Treasure Market’, Bill Cairns and Gus Wackrow, have stepped back to leave new man Pat Whyte at the helm from July 1. The monthly…

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