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Rotary scoops national award 

A Waipā Rotary recycling initiative has earned a top honour in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards. The Urban Miners initiative in Te Awamutu and Cambridge, which results in redundant electronic equipment stripped and recycled,…

Plugging into the future

Move over Nostradamus. Here comes Peteramus Matthewsilus. I’ve been observing the world over the past (nearly) 60 years, and I am now in a position to reveal what the future holds. Notwithstanding the butterfly effect,…

Region ‘over represented’ in crash stats

Seven of the 51 fatal car accidents in Waikato last year happened on Waipā roads, a report to Waikato Regional Council’s Transport committee has revealed this week. Of the eight people who died, seven were…

Alpino’s star is rising

Alpino Cambridge co-owner Riccardo Carminati and his team are fizzing after coming within a sniff of winning New Zealand’s version of a Michelin star. The Italian restaurant has been listed as one of the country’s…

On the beat: A week in my life 

I want to start with a couple of “Thank You” messages this week. On Monday, a man walked off from one of our local rest homes and was reported missing. He was seen a couple…

Protests: view from the inside

A Cambridge school teacher who lost her job when she refused to get a Covid-19 vaccination is in Wellington as part of the Parliament protest action. Rachel Eriksen, who taught at Newstead School but left…

More land for homes

Hundreds of new sections west of Cambridge and overlooking the Waikato River will go onto the market next year when St Peter’s School converts 20 per cent of its dairy farm into a residential subdivision….

We’re jam-packed

Grid-locked Cambridge roundabouts and bridges during peak hours are proof Waipā’s draft transportation strategy has drawn seriously flawed conclusions. Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid and Waipā Cambridge ward representative Roger Gordon say…

Welcome …… take a seat

When Tim and Karen Bodle agreed to have part of their Whakanui Stud used for the Te Awa River Ride, they wanted an opportunity to acknowledge two very special people. So about midway through the…

River ride section to open soon

When the new section of Te Awa River Ride between the Velodrome and Tamahere opens, Neil and Linda Porritt will be watching out for you. The Hooker Road landowners gave up part of their property…

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