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Noumea on the horizon

Students at Cambridge High School are planning fund raising projects for a school trip in October next year. About 30 year 10 to 12 French studies students will head to Noumea, New Caledonia. Almost 99…

Late for school ….

The tight construction market and supplier resourcing challenges have resulted in the Ministry of Education deciding to delay the opening of its new Cambridge West primary school by a year. Infrastructure and Digital leader Scott…

Work for Kneebone, Graf

Appointments were to be made to Waikato Regional Council committees today at its first meeting in Hamilton with the two Waipā-King Country constituency members set to pick up a heavy workload. In the agenda, chair…

Briefs

Mayoral fashion A social media post featuring Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in a sale for the retailer where she bought the clothes she was wearing. O’Regan laughed when told it…

A fashion leader too..

A social media posting featuring mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in an additional sale for the Waipā retailer where she bought the clothes she is wearing. O’Regan bought a jacket from Ruby…

Waste: what’s in the pipeline

Cambridge’s new $110 million wastewater treatment plant will be one of the most advanced operations in the country when it opens in four years. And while Waipā Water Services manager Martin Mould likes to discuss…

Drivers get it wrong

Driver behaviour and not highway conditions are the major factors in death and serious injuries from crashes on SH1 between Cambridge and Piarere. The News can reveal it is drivers who get behind the wheel…

Storm brings damage

The thunderstorm last night brought an estimated 60mm of rain to Waipā – and a tree down on a Lamb Street roof in Cambridge. Aaron and Charlene Bethune discovered the damage this morning and think…

Cambridge in bloom

Dodging rain showers was the order of the day for the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival on Sunday with a record-breaking 1500 tickets sold. Organiser Carey Church said she hoped it would net something in the…

The bullies who follow

As I write this column, I have joined the ranks of those who’ve had to isolate due to Covid-19. Anecdotally, there seems to be a bit of it going around again. The experience certainly reminded…

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