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Streets for the people launches next week

The roll out of an ambitious plan to remake Cambridge’s streets for the people – which includes a pop-up cycleway, improvements to intersections and painted dots on the road – will start next week. The…

Fonterra defends its ‘ghost-farms’

Fonterra has been accused of creating ghost farms – including one in Waipā where nitrate-heavy water is dumped. Buxton Farm has been used to soak up waste water from the nearby Hautapu dairy plant since…

Opinion: Five seconds too much to ask?

By Peter Carr The sad death a few days ago of Sir Tom Moore ended a remarkable event. This deep-thinking and caring man, who had been on earth 100 years portrayed a selfless dedication to…

Business awards open

The Waipa Networks Business Awards format has been confirmed. Cambridge Business Chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said  a reshaping of the awards categories will better reflect business issues and strategies during 2020. Any business, of any…

Opinion: the good oil on Biden

By Peter Matthews The new president of the United States has been busy undoing some of the madder policies of the previous administration and it does feel as though we have reached calmer waters. Four…

Opinion: Grand plan – but how do we do it?

By Peter Carr Firstly, a couple of up-front clarifications. I am not an avowed Greenie and I am not related to Dr Rod Carr. That said we shall proceed. About my Greenie views – these…

Waipa residents send most of their recyclable rubbish to landfill

Waipā residents send most of their recyclable rubbish to landfills, a new report reveals. An audit of trash was carried out by the Waipā District Council last October of 253 randomly-selected households on 44 streets…

A cycle of support

Four youngsters who could do with a lucky break will each get a new mountain bike in the coming months. The bikes were presented recently to Cambridge Youth Aid Snr Constable Wayne Dunn. They were…

Book giveaway: six of the best for you to read

We have a series of books to give away to News readers – and all you have to do is email us with the title. Simply send an email to [email protected] and put the title…

A columnist with currency: economics commentator joins News column team

New columnist Peter Nicholl is a home-grown international economist with the rare knack of turning ‘money chat’ into something universally palatable. It is exactly that gift that the former Cambridge High School student and sportsman…

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