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Build and be damned

We Say This is the new view from on high of rural Waipā. These shade covers block views at ground level – and for that reason residents across the district are up in arms as…

Landowners see red: ‘I’ll be surrounded …. I’ll be in prison’

If an independent commissioner approves a retrospective land use consent for a giant kiwifruit orchard at 582 Parallel Road in Ōhaupō, Nick Jennings says everyone in the district is “doomed”. He and his family will…

Our very own storm trooper

A Cambridge student is using spare time ahead of her Wintec classes resuming by helping collect donations for victims of the Auckland floods. Charlotte Peake and her sister Mikaela are collecting items daily to deliver…

Inflation stood still

New Zealand’s annual inflation rate for 2022 was announced last week. It was 7.2 per cent, the same as it had been for the year to September, 2022. The Reserve Bank  had forecast 7.5 per…

The logic – and lack of it 

Daft: A generous way to describe some of the less than rational viewpoints adopted by some of the less than rational members of our wonderfully diverse global society. Only today,  I read somewhere on social…

Hero’s reception for Langman  

Andrew Langman, described as someone who has been fundamental to the success, positive culture and adaptability of  athletics for several years, has won a Sport Waikato award. He was presented with the 2022  Community Unsung…

Marsh catches Mo’unga

A half-brother to multiple Group One winner Mo’unga will remain in New Zealand after his purchase by Stephen Marsh at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 Sale on Sunday. The Cambridge trainer went to $380,000 to…

On bus conductor duty – Colin Birch

Colin Birch barely needs to look at his run list. “Yes, they can come through – but they are really early,” he says. Cambridge based Birch is acting as the effective bus conductor – the…

Beale ups sticks for pro career

One of the best hockey players Cambridge has produced has secured a professional contract with a leading Dutch club. Jackson Beale, 18, will make his debut for Hockey Club (HC) Houten sometime in the next…

Down the drain at Karāpiro

Liz Stolwyk puts it down to 17 years hard work – and making sure the drains are not blocked. More than 2000 rowers, thousands of cars and a village of tents filled the Karāpiro Domain…

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