Local Featured

Dolina makes a difference

Cambridge-born dancer Dolina Wehipeihana has been honoured with a Te Waka Toi Award “making a difference” (Ngā Tohu Hautūtanga Auaha Toi) for her contributions to the arts. The former St Peter’s Catholic School student (Ngāti…

RSA stages treble ceremony

Cambridge Town Hall was the centre of a three-part RSA event on Monday that tied together ceremonies honouring former New Zealand and French service personnel and their families. New Zealand’s Returned and Services Association national…

Ensuring it’s not a flat night…

Anyone can make a cup of coffee, Tennille Hawkins says, but not everyone can make a great cup of coffee. The Cambridge Raceway barista has made thousands of cups since her first 15 years ago…

Fortune favours the Reds

Cambridge football is in line for a six-figure windfall because a player it helped develop is now wearing one of the game’s most famous shirts. Chris Wood, the Auckland born, Waikato developed All White, was…

A strong win for Cambridge

Cambridge won the Waikato women’s championship pennants title taking out the final of five rounds at Te Awamutu Golf Club on Sunday. The celebrations continued after the golf with St Peter’s School student Suwanna McPhee,…

More veterans honoured 

Three veterans were presented with their Operational Service Medals at a Returned Services Association (RSA) gathering in Cambridge last month. The presentation saw the Operational Service Medal (OSM) go to Robert ‘Bob’ Peterson and Kerry…

Bus patronage down

Waipā residents’ use of buses continues to lag behind the heady pre Covid days, figures released by Waikato Regional Council show. The council hopes the half price bus fares introduced by the government from April…

Home town win for Chipper’s four

Brian ‘Chipper’ Allen and his team of Grenville Mead, Bronnie McGowan and Glenys Carter ran out clear winners after the Central Bowling Club’s Classic Two-Day Open tournament on the weekend. Teams from Hamilton, Pukekohe, Tauranga,…

A challenge for retirement villages

My editor’s brief – when he persuaded me and a couple of others to commence writing opinion pieces two and a half years ago – was to look after the interests of those of advancing…

Council gives a bee plus

Restrictions beehives are to be removed from the draft Waipā Animal Nuisance Bylaw. And people wanting to keep beehives at or above the second storey of a building can also do so provided the building…

1 297 298 299 300 301 528