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Council votes to boost numbers

The Waipā District Council voted on Tuesday to increase the number of councillors around the table from 12 to 13, with another representative for Cambridge joining the ranks at the local body elections next year….

Victory for CHS netball

Cambridge High School’s Junior Premier netball team have finished up the netball season as champions of their age group, taking out the Year 10 league in Hamilton on September 8. “I’m really proud of what…

Act of Kindness visiting rest homes

Local group Act of Kindness has been bridging the gap between our community’s oldest and youngest members and is making a world of difference for local rest home residents. The feel-good organisation, which connects people…

Sailor flies to victory

Cambridge sailor Micah Wilkinson and his Napier team mate Olivia Mackay have finished up the 2018 Flying Phantom Series as overall winners after dominating the grand finale in Cardiff, Wales. The Kiwi team, which finished…

From the Couch

Four things to watch on telly…. Ranfurly Shield The mighty Mooloo men will take on Southland tomorrow afternoon (September 29), looking to complete a third successful defence of the Ranfurly Shield. The Waikato team lifted the…

Lilies with a tale to tell

Twenty-five years ago, Anne and David Blewden stepped out of a classroom and into a venture that has blossomed, quite literally, into a successful secondary career. They’re the couple behind Lilies by Blewden, an operation…

Students race hard

Over 270 students from primary schools around Cambridge gathered at Karapiro’s Mighty River Domain recently for a combined schools’ cross-country. The event on Friday, September 14, organised by Goodwood School with the support of Project…

Paddle race sees record entries

More than 170 paddlers took to the river on Sunday, September 16, competing in the annual Cambridge-to-Hamilton Paddle Race. Starting in at the Riverside Reserve on Dominion Ave, they paddled the 23km downstream to the…

Tree planting milestone reached

Lake Karapiro was the site of the 100,000th native tree planted by the Waikato River Trails Trust, which has been carrying out the planting work along Waikato River since 2006. To celebrate this achievement, last…

Barefoot medal haul

Local barefoot water skier William Leigh has returned from the sport’s world championships in Canada sporting a host of medals. The Year 13 St Peter’s student came home with a silver medal in junior boys’…

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