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Interest high in garden festival

Tickets for this year’s Rotary Garden Festival are flying out the door. Rotarian and event organiser Carey Church said two-thirds of available tickets for the November 20 event have already gone. The annual garden festival…

The graffiti issue 

I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend. Did you know, the ‘geography of fear’ relates to how an individual’s perception of their personal safety varies across a given area. This can be influenced…

Rowing for Clive

Rowing legend Clive Steenson will be remembered at the Te Awamutu Rowing Club’s annual regatta on Saturday. “Without his tenacity and enthusiasm, I don’t think we would be here today,” said club treasurer Shane Swinerd….

A grand day had by all

At 1.10pm on Friday 21, Daniel Vivian leads his grandmother Marion Vivian through his classroom to a refreshments table, where tea, coffee, Milo and cartons of tropical punch are arranged beside a vase of pink…

Cruisers celebrate

They are the country’s newest rock ‘n’ roll club – and they are dancing up a storm. Cambridge Cruisers celebrated successes for all its travelling members at the New Zealand  rock n roll dance championships…

Where are the police when you need them? 

The new Cambridge police station has been open nearly two months but visitors to the town would have had trouble finding it if they had followed the signs. They pointed to the old station in…

We’re Waikato’s ‘Ponsonby’ 

Destination Cambridge’s new chair Martin Buglass is seeking a more collaborative approach to enticing visitors to stay longer in a town he describes as the jewel of Waipā. He wants key entities to work more…

Ian loves a crowd  

Ian Dunn has presided over more St Andrew’s craft fairs than the veteran verger is prepared to admit. But he is in no doubt that Labour Day Monday’s event – the first in two years…

Rural protest farmed out

Groundswell, which calls itself a grassroots volunteer-driven advocacy group seeking to change regulations impacting on farmers and rural communities, came to town wearing a distinctly different coat last week. As some farmers watched on shaking…

From high heels to steel capped boots

Cambridge Police Station’s new youth aid officer is looking forward to helping children make positive changes in their lives. “I was brought up by a solo mum and she was a great role model,” Constable…

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