Mary Anne Gill talks to whānau and friends and tells the story of Margaret Evelyn, a victim of last week’s storm in Cambridge, which claimed two octogenarians. Margaret Evelyn was on her way back from…
Mary Anne Gill talks to whānau and friends and tells the story of Margaret Evelyn, a victim of last week’s storm in Cambridge, which claimed two octogenarians. Margaret Evelyn was on her way back from…
What’s in a street or even a town name? In a previous column I commented on names and naming, quoting Shakespeare’s ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ A poetic narrative that…
Over the weekend our Auckland visiting guests brought with them their brand new all-electric car. Made in China this quietly gliding beast came equipped with so many electrically driven toys that a NASA-styled training almost…
There are only two Wurlitzer Model K Photoplayers left in the world, and one of them can be found in Pirongia. Before they came with their own soundtracks, Photoplayers were used to give silent movies,…
Local Government New Zealand has pledged to involve community newspapers in a campaign to attract more candidates and voters to this year’s local body elections. LGNZ announced last week it wanted to make the country…
A 29-year-old man with Waipā links is helping clean up war-torn Ukraine. Danya Nasuta-Hill’s parents Leanne and Stu Hill live in Cambridge and appealed to The News a fortnight ago on behalf of their son…
Waipā District Council says it will maintain online cover of meetings following questions from The News. Last week’s Te Awamutu Community Board meeting was the first in person since August – but was not livestreamed…
A woman who sheltered from the bad weather under a pin oak tree in Cambridge’s Victoria Square has died in Waikato Hospital after the tree fell and trapped her under it. The woman was treated…
An inquiry into Cycling New Zealand’s high-performance programme has criticised the culture at its Cambridge home of cycling base saying it is “fragmented” and that life in such a small town exacerbates loneliness and one-dimensionality….
“You can’t be serious,” says Nick Goodwin as The News suggests the whole town needs to know about the lengths he went to for his hockey team on Friday night. Being a kind and generous…
