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Coming up roses

Rose Town is likely to remain the brand name for Te Awamutu after 60 per cent of the people surveyed said it was still a relevant tag line for the town. But the ‘Who are…

Practices display priorities

While conversing with an older couple, the wife described how she did not share in the slightest, her husband’s enthusiastic, avid passion for golf. She described earlier years in their marriage where she felt abandoned-…

A what-if situation

If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…

Report, report, report

When this column goes to print, Anzac Day will have already been celebrated in time honoured tradition at dawn and civic ceremonies across Waipā. I am proud that I will have again represented Cambridge Police,…

French connection

A delegation from Waipā was in Auckland this week to hear more about new links with Cambridge’s sister city Le Quesnoy. Wētā Workshop will open an exhibition in the town which was liberated at the…

Four chase Māori seat

The second election for a Māori ward member on the Waipā District Council will be at least a four-way race. As this edition went to press Barney Manaia, Gaylene Roberts, Dale-Maree Morgan and Bill Harris…

Business in Waipā on the up

Here’s our winner Waipā businesses have been give a big tick of approval from the one of two head judges of their major awards. When the business community gathered at Mystery Creek for the Waipā…

Best of the fest

When Shaane Fulton saw little Ava struggling in the kids’ race at the Cambridge Cycling Festival this week, the New Zealand track cycling team member took the little one under her expert wing. Fulton was…

The return of Arikirua

Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā have gifted the name Arikirua for Cambridge’s newest suburb. In a dawn ceremony on Monday, mana whenua spokesperson Karaitiana Tamatea said the name was not a new one, but…

Exclusive: Council settles $6.8 million claim

A $6.8 million claim against Waipā District Council and several contractors over a commercial building with weathertightness defects has been settled before it got to a High Court trial. The council’s share of the confidential…

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