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School stuck by a stick… 

Cambridge High School has another historic mystery on its hands. A woman dropped off an old hockey stick to the school last week but any story attached to it was lost when she did not…

Rural highways get upgrades 

Rural highways are being upgraded as part of a programme targeting high-risk routes for motorcyclists. The $6.3 million safety improvements on sections of 25 rural roads are part of a joint venture between ACC and…

More ‘misery’ on the way 

The Government is about to pile “up to $100 million of unnecessary compliance costs onto farmers” because its freshwater regulations are more than a year overdue, National’s Agriculture spokespeople Barbara Kuriger and Joseph Mooney say….

Election papers in the post

Voting will be a little easier this year, with the introduction of new orange ballot boxes at some Waipā supermarkets throughout the 2022 Local Government election period. The ballot bins will be distributed to the…

Britain’s economic own-goal

The United Kingdom last week got a new Monarch and a new Prime Minister. King Charles III and Liz Truss could scarcely have taken up their new roles in less propitious circumstances. The annual inflation…

A farewell, and a greeting 

Early last Friday, the world received the news that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away.  This week also we celebrate Māori Language Week, 50 years after the petition for te reo Māori was deliverd to…

Papakāinga ‘a top priority’

The provision of papakāinga – communal living on Māori ancestral land – in Waipā has been described as a top priority – but a plan change is needed to make it happen. “Our message is…

Looking at transport for Cambridge

Waipā District Council wants the government to pick up 51 per cent of the bill for a third bridge for Cambridge – but is working on the basis that it will not be needed for…

A time to reminisce

Geoff Wright has been following events around Queen Elizabeth’s death with a sense of nostalgia only a few could appreciate. Before moving from his home in England to New Zealand in 2007, the Kihikihi resident…

Fluoride: still not convinced

Correction: 15 September 2022 The News reported on September 1 that Te Whatu Ora Waikato had not provided us figures showing caries rates in Waipā. We acknowledge that was incorrect. A forensic audit conducted late…

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