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Eruptible magma

There is a lot of misunderstanding around what leads to eruptions, and that is absolutely reasonable considering that it’s a highly complex field requiring different experts who understand the physics, chemistry, and geology. Volcanic systems…

History against waste plant

Concerns Global Contracting Solutions may not comply with council rules, has Fonterra objecting to plans for a waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road, Te Awamutu. In its submission to an Environmental Protection Agency board…

Course plotted for maunga

Orienteering Waikato members have found a way to support Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari with a Save the Sanctuary Rogaine. When the club heard the Department of Conservation had withdrawn operational funding from the Maungatautari Ecological Island…

Village grows

Capacity at Cambridge Resthaven will continue to increase with plans set in motion for additional supported living apartments. A memorandum of understanding was signed last week by Cambridge Resthaven and Livingstone Building for the stage…

Plenty of helping hands

Card sharps emerged from their summer hiatus last week to enjoy the start of the new Cambridge Bridge Club year. With a barbecue meal behind them, some 60 club members filled 15 tables for the…

Discovering who we are

Our home has shared space with delightful, feathered friends for decades. A friendly cockatiel has been part of the family for over 13 years. We acquired him very young, so knowing his precise ‘hatch-day’ was…

Storey wants another term

Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey will stand for a third term. “I definitely intend to stand for re-election in the North Waikato Constituency,” Storey told The News. The American dairy farmer was first elected…

On the road … again

Imagine being on the road for 47 years in your own adapted truck, bus or van. The Gypsy Fair, which spent the weekend in Cambridge at Memorial Park, has done precisely that and captivated towns…

Landlocked scouts celebrate

The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition. Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and…

Holidays by the book

One of the true delights of the period from mid-December until the middle of the following month is to undertake a momentary flight from the mundane of the majority of the year and undertake something…

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