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Pride goes before a fall

An ugly road rage incident occurred recently when a driver in the outside lane of a motorway became annoyed at being ‘tailgated’ by a frustrated driver behind him. The driver in front moved left to…

Art scene is alive and kicking

Anyone who thinks the art scene isn’t pumping in Cambridge is seriously misinformed. The upcoming Art Alive exhibition in Cambridge Town Hall will have well over 120 pieces of work on show, most of them…

Good for us, good for business

A $40 million injection to the Waipā economy was announced on Thursday morning, and hopefully I was not the only dairy farmer celebrating. To my wife’s amazement, I took my family out for a curry…

Appeal starts after job losses

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari volunteers have taken to the streets to raise awareness of the project’s cash flow crisis after seven rangers lost their jobs. Guided by volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, they are collecting cash, encouraging…

The occasional committee

A council committee tasked with receiving operational reports from the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust met once in the two years before the trust’s current cash flow crisis. Waipā District Council contracts the trust, which operates…

St Peter’s head takes extended lead

The chair of St Peter’s School board has rejected claims the private Cambridge school is facing another crisis following news Head of School Marcus Blackburn has gone on extended leave. John Macaskill-Smith, who chaired the…

Football on the up

Cambridge’s top men’s and women’s football teams remain on course for promotion to the Northern League. The men have demolished opposition in the Southern Conference – and made it 20 wins from 20 on Tuesday…

Upston gets unfriendly fire

It was a packed house at Taupō MP Louise Upston’s Friendly Forum in Cambridge last week but nothing of a “local” nature was discussed for the first 50 minutes. Disability advocates from outside the electorate…

Māori ward to remain

Waipa Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan made an impassioned plea supporting Māori wards ahead of her colleagues’ decision to retain them this week. The decision will spark a binding poll at next year’s local body…

Striking the wrong note

This week a counterfeit $50 note was presented at a local business. Where there is one note, there may be more. The Reserve Bank website provides comprehensive information around key identifying features of legal tender….

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