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Dealing with alcohol

They say a full moon has an impact on our mood. In emergency services we certainly seem to see an impact.  In the past week, the team have again had a busy time,  responding to…

Effigy, abuse, threats

Words matter, and using derogatory terms that are vulgar and disrespectful to the disability community just to get attention is not acceptable, says Disability Issues minister Louise Upston. She was responding to comments made by…

Milly heading off shore

Cambridge trainer Nicky Chilcott has announced her champion mare Sacred Mountain is heading to Australia. Chilcott and owners Merv and Meg Butterworth made the announcement this week saying they are not willing to see her…

Charity benefits from race meeting

Waikato Thoroughbred Racing are once again showing their support for the local community by hosting the Cambridge RDA (Riding for the Disabled) Race Day at its Cambridge Synthetic meeting this Wednesday with proceeds going to…

Waitomo pulls plug

Waitomo will quit a Smart Water partnership it had with Hamilton city and Waipā district councils from the end of next January. It’s a financial decision, Waitomo CEO Ben Smit said. “Really we weren’t getting…

News ….. in brief

Karāpiro contract The budget for the Karāpiro Domain management contract was increased by $282,000 in November last year – to reflect the increase in costs – as part of the public excluded section of Waipa…

Seven up for Ryla awards

Seven young Cambridge men and women have been given a career leg-up through acceptance into the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. They are Laura Findlay, Raj Goswami, Bonnie Lewis, Brendan Koevoet, Joel Clayton-Greene, Morgan Craven and…

Brown’s one smoothie operator …

Gisborne’s Rhythm and Vines music festival brought them together one summer day in 2014 and a smoothie sealed the deal. “She was a bit of a day one,” said Olympic kayaker Max Brown of his…

When the words don’t come

“When I had my stroke friends stayed away. And for five years after my stroke I could not say a word. And then for three years I could say some words… and now I can…

Huge drop in consents 

A 44 per cent drop in income from building consents issued in Waipā paints a stark picture of the state of the construction industry, figures released to the council’s Finance and Corporate committee this week…

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