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‘Open banking’

The Commerce Commission has recently published its report into competitiveness in the New Zealand banking system. Their focus was on personal banking services. Their study took 14 months, and their report was 382 pages long….

This bird has flown …..

A mural in Leamington Domain which was to have been safe from vandals and taggers has instead become a victim of Mother Nature or global warming in just over two years. The piece of art…

Letters to Editor – 12 September 2024

Māori wards In regard to Waipā mayor Susan’ O’Regan’s comments on the Māori ward issue and her resentment that the government is forcing a referendum on whether or not to continue with them where councils…

Community: ‘Save our building’

A building which once hosted hundreds of Karāpiro dam workers and their families for tennis parties and the like, faces an uncertain future despite the community saying they want to retain it. If walls could…

A thought after Turangawaewae

Te marama ahunuku; Te marama ahurangi; Te marama ka takoto i te hau o Tū – Te taueke; te marere kura; te marere pae. Tēnā te whaitua nui, Ka pū te taha wānanga, He āpiti…

‘We chose Steph’

Waipā’s new chief executive was greeted with a powhiri at Karāpiro on Monday, and it was down to business the following day with her first council meeting. Tokoroa born Stephanie O’Sullivan accepted the challenge of…

Media release in the gun

A Cambridge Community Board member has taken a swipe at Waipā District Council for championing debt rather than reducing rates’ inflation. Andrew Myers, who is also a member of the Fonterra co-operative council, was responding…

The mysteries of water

Students from four primary schools – Ōhaupō, Rukuhia, Kaipaki and Tamahere – joined residents of Hamilton’s Bupa Foxbridge Village to find out more about Waikato’s waterways. Using environmental “eDNA” technology with AquaWatch’s Waka monitoring equipment,…

A week in review

I have some better work stories to share following a week of great catches. It was good to put a stop to some out-of-town offenders committing crime here in Cambridge.  On Tuesday, police received a…

Lions’ Christmas sweetener

The Cambridge Lions Club has launched a particularly tasty fundraising project – the sale of 1kg traditional fruit Christmas cakes. The cakes come sealed in a decorative Christmas box, which project leader Sean Brady said…

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