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Sound advice from Nick

Audiologist Nick Jones provided a most welcome message for parents when he visited Cambridge in a mobile clinic this week. “Parents have a lot of fears and uncertainty if their child has hearing problems, including…

Hautapu a step from the final

Hautapu have secured a home Breweries Shield semi-final against University on Saturday, while Te Awamutu Sports ended their Waikato club rugby premiership season on a high. After travelling to Hamilton, Hautapu dealt to Hamilton Old…

Sunday train date set

Approval has been given for the first Te Huia Sunday service between Waikato and Auckland stations. The passenger service will leave Frankton in Hamilton on the afternoon of July 27 for a three and a…

Fredd’s winning formula down to Schumacher

Fredd Briggs and his wife Dee had to consider Michael Schumacher when choosing the right townhouse at Ryman’s Patrick Hogan Village in Cambridge. Fredd and Dee Briggs may have moved into a village named after…

Penalising the young

A colleague recently sent me an article by a former Secretary of the Treasury on the problems in the tax system and recommendations for change. Among other things, he wanted “a tax system that does…

Merger calls grow

It’s a tale of two councils – Waipā and Waitomo. One ranks third-highest in the country for rate increases at 15.5 per cent, while the other sits near the bottom at just 2.91 per cent….

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,…

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