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Schools set for a battle

Hundreds of year 9 and 10 students from St Peter’s Cambridge, Te Awamutu College and Cambridge High School are revving up for this year’s Battle of the Waipā Schools on May 18. St Peter’s sports…

Board goes country

Andrew Myers is a man on a mission. The new Cambridge Community Board member represents rural constituents and he wants to know what is worrying them. Every year the board runs a rural tour but…

Trees fit for a king

Formal ceremonies, and cucumber sandwiches, marked Waipā’s contribution to the coronation of King Charles on Saturday. Mayor Susan O’Regan was tasked with helping plant two European lime trees in te Awamutu and Cambridge on a…

Kīngitanga Māori – Kīngitanga Ingarangi

Good Local Media serves the Waipā district with its main centres of Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In Māori terms this district comes under the mana of King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII both as Māori…

Water plan backed

All four candidates for the vacant Waipā Māori ward support the Government’s Affordable Water policy saying Aotearoa’s waterways need protecting. The News asked Bill Harris, Barney Manaia, Dale-Maree Morgan and Gaylene Roberts a series of…

Warning: shoplifter alert

It’s been a hectic week in Cambridge for shoplifting. We started with a Hamilton man who decided to leave via the entrance, rather than the checkout, at Countdown, taking a number of items with him….

Top marks for market

The Cambridge Farmers’ Market and its sister market in Hamilton have been named best in the country. The two markets, operating under the Waikato Farmers’ Market brand, have been recognised as the “most popular farmers’…

Early look at dam work

An Austrian delegation has been given a look at the first of three new turbines installed as part of the Karāpiro hydro dam’s $75 million upgrade. Mercury Energy is using Andritz, an Austrian company, to…

Hautapu wins the derby

Honours were shared between Waipā rugby clubs Hautapu and Te Awamutu at Memorial Park in Cambridge on Saturday. But Hautapu supporters will not see it that way after their premier A team beat Te Awamutu…

The chief who really cares

Justin Butcher, father, occasional hockey player and when needed, critical care flight paramedic is eight months into the role of chief executive of Pinnacle Inc. Pinnacle is the Te Manawa Taki-Midlands primary health network of…

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