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Cambridge’s afternoon at the Proms

An audience of over 300 gathered on Cambridge’s Village Square on a balmy Sunday afternoon to enjoy the town’s first Proms Concert. And patrons can expect it to become a regular on the Waipā calendar….

Branching out at the tree church

  Set in three leafy hectares in the tranquil Waikato countryside, Ōhaupō TreeChurch and Gardens is a far cry from the fast-paced corporate world Bev and Chris Gatenby once inhabited. But after taking stock of…

Council puts up $8b transport plan

Public input is being sought over a proposed $8 billion investment in  Waikato’s land transport system. The Regional Transport Committee plan sets out how the region’s land transport system will be developed over the next…

Opinion: reality — deal with it

By Peter Matthews Standing in the shower this morning, I was thinking about reality and its different forms. There’s reality TV, virtual reality, and of course actual reality. At the opposite end of the spectrum…

Opinion: Having a ‘good’ name…

By Murray Smith New Zealand’s early colonial history produced a surge of settlers from England as well as a variety of other European nations. A broad diversity of new ‘names’ rapidly appeared as immigrant families…

Opinion: A touch of Southern comfort

By Peter Carr I have just returned from a five-day swing through the South Island addressing residents of retirement villages. They are lovely people essentially over the age of 65 full of life, fun and…

Maurice marks 105 laps around the sun

At an impressive 105-years-old, Maurice ‘Maurie’ Evans is the living embodiment of the glass-half-full approach to life. He has faced love and loss through the years, struggled with the aftermath of spending four years on…

Mums tough it out for Oxfam

A movie night being held at Cambridge’s Tivoli Theatre on Tuesday March 2 will help the four Cambridge businesswomen raise funds for Oxfam.  Booking details and tickets for the movie, ‘Love, Weddings and Other Disasters’,…

New predator free hub launched

The next phase of Predator-Free Mystery Creek has been launched   by the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (NZNFS). The information evening last week was designed to kickstart a wider movement to extend predator control into…

The doctor turns another page

Cambridge’s Fred Simpson – family doctor, wordsmith and a man with his roots deeply embedded in Africa – will launch his second novel ‘The Sunflower and the Sparrow’ at PaperPlus Cambridge from 5.30pm on Thursday…

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