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Taking donuts off the menu 

Burn outs, donuts and excessive speed by boy racers could be a thing of the past in parts of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi following a Waipā District Council recommendation. Transportation safety officer Julie Taylor told…

How Lions show their class 

School leaders and several Cambridge Lions met recently to discuss the benefits local students receive through Lions’ donations. Cambridge Lions provides an annual grant of $13,000 each to Cambridge High School and to  a primary/intermediate…

Looking through a new lens 

It’s been an interesting fortnight since my last offering to this august journal. The first week involved working the full four days at Fieldays and the following week involved a nervous wait for, and execution,…

River ride’s last link opens 

A 13-year mission to provide a 65km walkway from Karāpiro to Ngāruawāhia has been completed. The final link in the walk and cycleway was opened last week to enable walkers and cyclists to  reach Hamilton…

A serving of pickleball

It’s got a quirky name, its ball has a Swiss cheese vibe, and locals are going crackers for it. Pickleball, a fusion of tennis, table tennis and badminton, is whetting the appetites of young and…

Skatepark facilities open 

Waipā District Councill opened Cambridge’s new skatepark in Dominion Avenue on Friday. Construction began on the $800,000 project began in early August. Waipā District Council’s community services manager Brad Ward said the skatepark is more…

Number three, meet number 90,000… 

When Waikato University celebrated its 90,000th graduate it sparked a celebration which had a true Waipā flavour. The student was Cole McOnie, an international class BMX rider from Te Awamutu. To recognise the achievement, the…

Regional chair for Graf 

Waipā-King Country’s Clyde Graf has been elected Waikato Regional Council’s environmental performance committee chair. And in a shock, his experienced colleague Stu Kneebone of Cambridge missed out on chairing any of the key “discretionary” council…

In the festive spirit 

Fifteen restaurants combined to donate food to support Achievement House’s  annual Christmas party – which came with music from Cambridge Rotary’s Bruised Brothers. Achievement House in Cambridge offers part-time employment and volunteer opportunities for those…

Business as usual – again

It might have been, in Kelly Bouzaid’s words, a “tumultuous year” but the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce finished it financially healthy and committed to advocacy. In her chief executive’s report to the 34th annual meeting…

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