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Living fully and completely…

When former leaders, be they prime ministers, sporting stars, business or community leaders document their recollections and publish memoirs, it’s a fraught assignment. Since memories carry significant elements of perception, their thoughts tend to incline…

A temporary booking?

Cambridge Library is bursting at the seams but a vacant building may offer the community hub space the public have been calling for, writes Mary Anne Gill. A solution for Cambridge Library’s space woes may…

News in brief

Birthday teed up Cambridge Golf Club will celebrate its 125th anniversary over two days later this year and is recognising past members of the club who have represented the province and country. Cambridge is Waikato’s…

Road rules – and common sense

The  rain and fog have certainly arrived in Cambridge in the past week. With school now back for term three, the amount of traffic on the roads has resumed to normal higher levels. In addition,…

News in brief

It stops again ….. 15 July 2025 Clock fails again Cambridge’s Town Clock is back up and running after a power outage over the weekend caused the weights to run to the end of their…

Honey bees-ness tackled

Local body moves to protect residents from showers of bee poo are being given a tick of approval by Mountain View Honey’s beekeeper Lindy Bennett. Ōtorohanga District Council has included the guidance notes for beepers…

Call to stall all waste incineration

Don’t Burn Waipā spokesman Eoin Fitzpatrick wants a moratorium on waste to energy incineration pending a national analysis. Fitzpatrick made the appeal to the independent Board of Inquiry hearing Global Contracting Solutions application to build…

Ken’s celebration

A new artwork titled Ka pua, te Koowhai, designed in partnership with cancer patients, has been blessed in the radiation therapy unit of the Lomas Building at Waikato Hospital. The interactive kōwhai tree mural offers…

Sports in brief

BMX selections The 11-strong New Zealand BMX Racing elite team to contest the 2025 UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen features a host of Waipā riders including Leila Walker (Cambridge), Brooke Penny (Te Awamutu),…

Maths help equals 1000

A charitable trust has hit a milestone, helping more than 1000 children from low-income families with maths. Eight years ago, Te Awamutu-based Mathematics for a Lifetime chairperson and founder Jean McKenzie recognised a need. McKenzie…

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