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Networking on show Waipa Networks staff assisted in the aftermath of last week’s devasting storms in the South Island. They had been competing in the Connexis Annual Connection Cable Jointer and Line Mechanic Competition in…

Artists celebrated at expo

This month’s Art Alive Expo mounted by the Cambridge Society of Arts saw several of the society’s 90 members exhibiting for the first time.     The exhibition was held across three days in the…

What a speed stop revealed

Starting off with the week in review –  after stopping a driver for excess speed in Ōhaupō, staff smelt cannabis. They conducted a  vehicle search under the Search and Surveillance act, locating drugs, utensils, an…

Plan change fight starts

New Waikato regional councillors want to stop a water quality plan change before, they say, it bankrupts farmers and sucks billions of dollars out of the regional economy. Newly elected Waipā King Country ward councillors…

Letter to the Editor – 30 October 2025

Jolted I am not from Cambridge but am babysitting friends’ house in Leamington, very near Wordsworth and Burns streets intersection. I was jolted out of my bed at five minutes to four in the morning…

Homeless issue raised

Cambridge businesses are calling on the council to solve the issue of people sleeping in vehicles in the town centre. Residents had complained about instances of people getting changed in public and leaving their washing…

Maher elected regional chair

Second-term Thames-Coromandel councillor Warren Maher is the new Waikato Regional Council chair. The Tairua electrical contractor was the only nomination and was unanimously elected in Hamilton today at the council’s inaugural meeting. The position pays…

Trust’s half century of care

Archbishop Emeritus Sir David Moxon was among around 100 guests who last week celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Metlifecare St Andrew’s in Cambridge. Speaking at the Moxon Centre, the newest building in…

Now it’s… Coke couture

Heidi Caesar was sweating as she stepped out in front of a hyped crowd of senior students, microphone in hand. “I could walk in my underwear and I couldn’t care less, but it’s talking to…

Diwali brings closer ties

The colourful Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali filled the Cambridge Town Hall last week when around 140 people enjoyed an evening of Indian food, dance and culture. The event was organised by Idea…

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