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Ben’s game for a scholarship

There must be thousands of parents who urged their children to get off the gaming screen because they see it as an ill-spent way to spend adolescence. Cambridge’s Ben Redder, 30, is proof his gaming…

A special garden feature

Paul and Lynne Garland’s Pukekura home was one of 11 gardens to feature in the Rotary Club of Cambridge’s garden festival on Sunday. Getting the old-fashioned garden ready was a dress rehearsal for the couple…

Remembering with a wreath of rosemary

Dianne Murphy picked up a useful skill during the first Covid lockdown and now her mastery is on show at every significant war time remembrance. She makes wreaths from the rosemary in her garden –…

Transport to double up

Two years ago, Sandra Sesto-Dekic took on the job of boosting the numbers of Waikato people catching public transport. But when Government subsidies for age-based public transport fares ended on June 30 and fares increased…

Twists in quarry bid

Almost all the 347 submissions received by Waipā District Council oppose a planned sand quarry on the southern outskirts of Cambridge – but there are two surprises. Cambridge Chamber of Commerce is not one of…

Letters to the Editor – 14 November 2024

More on fluoride I suggest Jack Sharman (Letters, November 7) read the Community Board Agenda item on fluoridation from the October 2024 meeting. The most recent scientific research is laid out in detail. The latest science…

Looking back on the week

I am starting this week with a snapshot of some of the jobs with which I have been involved. Last Wednesday, we received a call from a concerned member of the public who was following…

News … in brief

November 13 4pm The owner of an American Bulldog which attacked a miniature poodle in Sherwin Park, Te Awamutu has been convicted under the Dog Control Act for owning a dog that made an attack…

Wartime nurse has links to Waipā

As RSAs around the country prepare to mark Armistice Day on November 11, one 105-year-old with links to Te Awamutu will be sifting through her own wartime memories. Armistice Day relates to the ending of…

When lightning strikes

A couple of weeks ago my friend and American meteorologist Chris Vagasky was mentioned in a news article after he detected over 50,000 lightning events in the eyewall of Hurricane Milton over 14 hours. He…

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