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Town Hall work celebrated

Kirsty Johnson knows the grand old lady isn’t quite finished — but she’s proud of how far she’s come. Speaking at the Cambridge Town Hall Open Day on Saturday, Johnson – who since 2021 has…

Getting to the point

Seventy-four years ago, Peter Ustinov starred in the cinema epic Quo Vadis. Literally translated as ‘where are you going’? Although for the historical purists the original alleged biblical utterance of the phrase would have sounded…

Principal in the clear

A mayoral candidate says he was naïve to include a campaign plug in a school newsletter, but Waipā deputy electoral officer Jo Gread says he did nothing wrong. Mike Pettit, principal of Cambridge Primary School…

Missing our destiny

I was talking in the street one day to a young man who was a Hare Krishna ‘devotee’. He’d approached me when I smiled at him which I guess encouraged him to ask me if…

Vaping, economy debated

Concerns around children’s vaping and addiction issues were among several raised with Taupō MP Louise Upston at last week’s Cambridge Friendly Forum. Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley told the forum the incidence of vaping…

School vaping cases decline

Cambridge Middle School principal Daryl Gibbs has backed a call to tighten legislation around vaping but says his and many other intermediate-level schools had noticed a significant drop in vaping by students over the past…

Smart voting starts now

It’s been a busy week for mayoral candidates scrambling to secure one-on-one time with voters before voting papers arrive. Candidates’ Facebook pages – some virtually unused until now – have been brimming with posts featuring…

On the wrong path

Cambridge students can expect a “telling off” at upcoming school assemblies about riding bikes and scooters on footpaths in the town’s central business district. Principals at  two schools – Cambridge High and Cambridge Middle –…

Letters to editor – 11 September 2025

Number check Recently the future of regional councils has been raised and my immediate thoughts were that is only part of the question so I decided to find out just how the Waikato Regional Council…

News in brief

Armistice update A total of $3000 has been budgeted for Armistice Day (November 11) commemorations in Cambridge which includes $500 for hiring the Town Hall, $1500 for audio and visual, $550 printing and $450 on…

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