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Age does not weary it… 

It gets knocked down – but it gets up again. A controversial Cambridge sign warning people to be on the watch for “aged” people was in storage this week after being being put up in the wrong place. News…

Lost – and found 

As some of you may have heard, last week we were able to return a stolen training AED and CPR dummy to its owner. That is the best sort of outcome. The Cambridge owner’s Australian relatives saw a Waikato Police Facebook post seeking…

Maija backs the vax call

Maija Vance finds it impossible to understand why people are refusing to get a Covid vaccination. The former jockey, who suffered life-changing injuries in a race fall in September 2018, got her second vaccination on…

Green light ahead

A 47ha Cambridge subdivision with 212 new houses is expected to get the green light later this week from Waipā District Council. Work on the 3Ms’ development on Cambridge Road stopped in July when independent…

Cambridge reaching high vaccination numbers, centre to close

The dedicated Cambridge Community Vaccination Centre at the Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha is closed from today (20 October), with local providers continuing to offer vaccination services for the area. Waikato DHB’s…

Column subject licked 

By Peter Matthews  Anyone know what a devious lick is? Sitting at the dinner table this evening I mentioned that my deadline was rapidly approaching and I had yet to settle on a subject. Hidden…

A housing theory of everything 

By Matteo Di Maio  Half of the things in politics are disagreements over how to solve the agreed-upon problem, and half are about whether the problem exists at all. The housing crisis is, thankfully, the…

Life down south 

By Peter Carr  During the past week I have spent time in the South Island making presentations from Mosgiel in the south to Nelson in the north. Four planes, six meetings in all and time…

Rain welcome, but supply issue loom 

Heavy spring rain has set up a productive season for farmers, says a Waipā farming leader. Te Awamutu Federated Farmers representative and Ōhaupō farmer Andrew Reymer said while there were some heavy falls, none of…

Kākā make a comeback 

Waipā residents are seeing more – and different – native birds in suburban back yards as conservation projects continue to develop throughout Waikato. The news comes as the Department of Conservation celebrates a rise in…

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