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Friends in dangerous places

What are you opening your life to? Are you watchful with influences you allow into your life – or your family’s? The fact is practices, habits or inclinations which ought to be named as ‘enemies’…

A ‘counterweight to democracy’

The lack of accountability and waning legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court should be of concern to New Zealand and the world, says Wellington-based academic, Dr Hayden Thorne. Speaking to a packed University of…

Vehicles: be alert, and be safe

Did you know that over 30 cars have either been stolen or tampered with locally, in the last month alone? It is time for another request for everyone to keep an eye out for any…

Getting the message through

Our role as elected members is to advocate for and understand the needs and concerns of all sectors of our community. Recently, Cambridge Community Board has been engaging with the disability sector in Cambridge. Some…

Lighten up – it’s time for Bridge

The Cambridge Sixes, one of the biggest bridge events in the country and one likely to attract over 30 teams of six players each, comes to town early next month. The full day event will…

Life across the ditch

A sojourn in New South Wales last week permitted me to catch up with matters concerning skin. Not the natural dermis that needs washing frequently, but skin as inherited from one’s forefathers (and mothers). A…

Hall committee sends SOS

Fencourt Hall’s administrative committee has reached desperation point, saying it will have to hand the building’s keys over to Waipā District Council if it can’t find new volunteers. The committee will hold a meeting at…

Trust hits back at pokie report

The country’s fourth largest gambling operator has taken issue with a Waipā District Council report which suggested community funding from pokie machines was going from the poor to the rich. Grassroots Trust, which operates 70…

MP wants express issues ironed out

Ongoing issues for Cambridge users of the Waikato Expressway, including the fire brigade, need ironing out so the next part of the design is fit for purpose, Taupō MP Louise Upston says. She was responding…

Goals aplenty

John Kerkhof Park’s new number seven pitch in Cambridge came through a weekend of matches with glowing reviews and goals galore. Cambridge Football Club’s under 23 team beat Claudelands Rovers 6-1 on the Saturday and…

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