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Time for women’s team to shine

22 September 3.15pm Cambridge takes a 1-0 advantage into the second round of the Women’s Conference playoff against Onehunga Mangere following its win in Auckland today. Caitlin Varcoe’s first half goal was the only difference…

Milk collecting goes green

Māori-owned dairy manufacturer Miraka has launched New Zealand’s first green hydrogen milk collection tanker. The vehicle, a 700hp Volvo green hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel milk collection tanker, was launched at the company’s dairy plant at Mokai, northwest…

Company aim to ‘be a force for good’

Miraka’s story, from its inception in 2010 to its standing today as one of the world’s most sustainable dairy companies – one that achieved B Corp certification earlier this year – was outlined at a…

Clap the thunder – now it’s lightning

When Cambridge based TVP Thunder wrapped up the Secondary Senior Premier Grade at the Hamilton Netball Centre for a second year running recently, it spelled the end of an era. The team – players from…

Growing interest in trees

A Waipā nursery is donating thousands of trees to rural schools across the North Island. Restore Native owner Adam Thompson says it’s an important social and environmental initiative specifically targeted at rural schools. His company…

The most important qualification

Recently a sad ‘medical mishap’ was reported through a media outlet in India. Evidently a seriously unwell 15-year-old boy in the northeastern state of Bihar was rushed to hospital vomiting violently. The boy’s grandfather asserted…

Athletes bring home the medals

Cambridge athletes have won 18 medals at the annual Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga. Australasia’s largest junior sporting event was held from September 7-13 this year, attracting 12,500 competitors from 397 schools. St Peter’s Cambridge…

Tourists spend more, stay less

Shorter stays with higher spending per visitor. That’s the summary of both domestic and international trends in the Waikato for the financial year ended June 30, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism general manager Nicola Greenwell told…

The importance of records

One hundred and sixty years ago, in an inglorious and bloody land grab, the (then) British armed forces started a southwards drive at Pokeno. This was to create a land grab from the Māori owners…

Band turns on a treat

Usually at this time of year the Cambridge Brass Band would be hard at work rehearsing for the annual Waikato Bay of Plenty regional brass band competition. Last year they hosted the event and collected…

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