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New classes relieve pressure

For the first time in seven years, Cambridge Middle School has enough designated classrooms for all its students, says principal Daryl Gibbs. A new block of four classrooms at the school accommodates four teachers and…

Libraries to get self-issue machines 

A technology upgrade will soon enable Waipā library goers to issue books themselves. Waipā District Council is investing close to $300,000 in an upgrade that will make issuing books in the district faster, and more…

Back in the slot 

Cambridge Raceway officials are expected to reveal this week plans to hold the country’s richest harness racing night following on from the success of the inaugural event in April. The News asked Raceway chief executive…

More on those scammers 

Hello from our Police hub. This week I had the pleasure of joining Eileen and Kathy from Cambridge Neighbourhood Support and Terry Johnston of Secranet  to meet with Tamahere locals around crime prevention. I appreciated…

Fastest feet in the Waikato

Cambridge Middle School beat nine other schools to win the Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools (WIMS) cross country championships last week. CMS took 24 year 7 and 8 athletes to the annual championships, held at…

New heritage funding

Four projects in Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and Monavale have been allocated money in the recent round of the Waipā District Council-administered Heritage Fund. The most significant is a $28,681 grant to The Parish of…

Rating the candidates – by their pictures

They were one of the biggest talking points from The News last week. The head and shoulder photos of election candidates – published exclusively in The News – generated a great deal of discussion about…

A plea to Pharmac

Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet and three other high-profile type one diabetics are calling on Pharmac to increase its funding for them and the country’s 28,000 other sufferers. They say the investment would…

The technology is there ……

Pharmac has not ruled out funding equipment for type one diabetics while groups like Diabetes New Zealand say the country is already facing a crisis. Earlier this year Diabetes New Zealand called on the government…

Village of the dammed

Karāpiro is watching one of the biggest hydro upgrades the Waikato River has seen – and The News has been given a tour to see how work to improve its energy generation is progressing. For…

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