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Battle of the Bridge off, for now

A raft of injuries to the senior rugby players along with increasing work and family commitments has seen the cancellation of this year’s Battle of the Bridge, the annual grudge match between Leamington and Hautapu…

Dr Libby has lowdown on hormones

Dr Libby Weaver is coming to Hamilton next week, and Cambridge News has two double passes to give away. Ahead of her visit, Claire Castle asked Dr Libby a few questions about life, aging and…

Teachers say ‘enough’

Cambridge primary and middle school teachers and principals took to the streets on Wednesday, part of a nationwide day of industrial action – the first time in 24 years, and just the third time in…

Community Careers Expo a hit

Students, teachers, parents and people from all walks of life strolled around the Cambridge Community Careers Expo held at the local raceway on August 8, checking out a huge range of career options and information…

Expressway shaping up

Cambridge people travelling to Hamilton can’t miss all the works happening around the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway at Tamahere. This is where Hamilton and the completed Cambridge sections join at the Southern Interchange….

Plastic free winner

Congratulations to the winner of our Plastic Free July competition, Myra Dost, who suggests totally refusing to use plastic bags, even as rubbish bin liners. “All bins are made out of plastic, they do not…

Big winner in performing arts

St Peter’s student Jack Dams has brought home a stack of trophies from the 2018 Tauranga Festival of Performing Arts competition held during the school holidays. The modest Year 9 student said it was fun…

BMX boys back with Aus titles

Two of Cambridge’s top BMX riders have returned home from the Australian National Series with good reason to smile. Tasman Wakelin and Bennett Greenough competed in three rounds of the event with enough race wins…

Cookbook to cut waste

Waipa District Council has jumped on board with a national initiative to reduce food waste going to landfill. In Waipa around 26 per cent of what’s in household rubbish bags is food scraps.  Those bags…

Sports boom in Cambridge

Cambridge has grown in leaps and bounds since this newspaper was founded ten years ago. We’ve added countless champions to our reputation and seen a number of excellent sporting facilities and events established, so it’s…

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