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Look what’s in store

A Waipā councillor says he is surprised at the number of “really good” pieces of council-owned art in storage. “Art is something that should be enjoyed,” Cr Roger Gordon told the council’s Strategic Planning and…

Put your sweet lips a little closer…

Teething issues experienced during Cambridge Community Board’s first meeting to be live streamed will be resolved, its chair says. The board livestreamed its September meeting, allowing viewers to tune in to the Kaipaki Room of…

‘Best job I’ve ever had’ – O’Regan’s first year

A year ago this Sunday, Susan O’Regan became Waipā’s first female mayor. She will be in Europe for the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata in Le Quesnoy, France so The…

Firefighters in good company

Cambridge firefighters honoured their bosses at a ceremony on the weekend acknowledging the disruption their voluntary duties have on their employers’ businesses. “Particularly when their employees bolt out the door and (you) have no idea…

Modest man’s Le Quesnoy legacy

John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…

Flying the flag for greyhounds

Fifty-nine greyhounds took part in the Cambridge’s Great Global Greyhound Walk late last month, making it the third biggest New Zealand centre doing the international awareness event. The September 24 walk at the Cambridge Raceway…

Change for villas

One of New Zealand’s largest retirement village providers has confirmed it will no longer provide rental accommodation for senior citizens in its St Andrew’s Cambridge facility. Metlifecare has told the 11 people living in the…

We’re in the business

Cambridge News publisher Good Local Media has added another print masthead to the company’s stable. Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had bought the Waikato Business News. It was a trusted and respected name…

Paua gets a library booking

A Cambridge architect whose work features in several houses and buildings around the town has won the contract to provide a concept of what a new library might look like. Antanas Procuta and his Hamilton-based…

Don’t let the bed bugs bite

Jo Davies-Colley thought she had her suitcase all packed and under control for her trip to Cambridge’s sister city Le Quesnoy this week until someone told her there was a bed bug crisis in France….

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