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Why you should follow through…

Winter is still upon us with some very frosty mornings and lots of fog hitting the area of late. Please remember to manually turn on your headlights, drive to the conditions and defensively. On the…

Our super cyclists

A New Zealand Para cycling track team featuring Waipā riders looks to be gearing up for success at next year’s Paralympics. A little over a year out from the Games, five riders – four from…

Netballers bounced from league

Cambridge Netball Centre have rejected claims of netball bias and racism aimed at it from a team it kicked out of its premier mixed league last week. Evolution Netball say its gold team has been…

Damn the clams

Thousands of invasive gold clams were found on Lake Karāpiro’s foreshore during the annual lake lowering on Saturday, 24 hours after they were designated an “unwanted organism.” And the find has confirmed Karāpiro Domain site…

Steampunk rocks into town

Steampunkers and visitors enjoyed a day of dress-up, ‘mad hatter’ teas and Victorian-styled competitions at Sunday’s third Steampunk Community Fun Day at the Cambridge Town Hall. The event,  organised by the InterlockNZ Trust and Waipā…

Upgrade planned for historic Hall Street

Cambridge’s historic Hall Street is booked in for a facelift. The beautiful tree-lined street in Cambridge east is one of the oldest in Cambridge, known for its large heritage trees and wide grass berms. But…

Fluoride legal action rejected

Waipā District Council will not join legal action seeking a review of a government directive around fluoride. In July 2022, Council was directed by the Ministry of Health to add fluoride to the Cambridge water…

Oaks residents come to the party

Flood-ravaged families in Hawkes Bay, first responders, and low-income families in south Auckland are benefiting from the work of an enthusiastic group of Cambridge Oaks Village residents. Soon after Cambridge Oaks opened around 2019, one…

Nail the spider to remove the web

Often we’re more concerned with alleviating the effects (symptoms) of our problems and difficulties rather than identifying and tackling the cause of those problems – that is, getting to the root, or source. To be…

Applause for the women

The Beautiful Game continues throughout Australasia in the form of the Women’s World Cup – a display of skill, finesse, grace and fairness. The footballers have been – and continue to be – a joy…

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