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Letters to editor about Newcombe Rd Quarry

No to sand quarry After reading your report in the recent Cambridge News November 18 2021,I am most shocked that a company would even wish, let alone think of defacing the beautiful country side of…

Silent invasion takes root 

Invasive weeds have been branded the country’s silent invader and the Government is being called to “lift its game” to deal with the issue. Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton says native ecosystems must…

Speed limit supported 

Waipā District Council will support raising the speed limit on SH1 Waikato Expressway when work is completed next year. The feedback will go from the council to Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency), Waipā joins Waikato…

Bus figures revealed 

The introduction of Waikato Regional Council’s Bee travel card has finally given improved patronage figures for Waipā District Council to drill into. Councillors have been asking for months how many “within town” trips passengers took…

 Howard Martin, meet Howard Martin 

Was it a simple mix up or divine intervention? Howard Martin was at Gentle Dental Cambridge waiting to see Dr Firas Adheem on November 2 when the door opened. “I heard this other man come…

Public bins a recycling flop 

Putting recycling bins in public places is a “very expensive way to get low value recycling”, says the woman responsible for Waipā District Council’s waste minimisation. Sally Fraser was responding to a suggestion by Cr…

Projects get funding 

Eight groups have received grants from Waipā District Council’s $40,000 Waste Minimisation community fund. The projects range from an education campaign around what makes a good donation to charity shops to clothes swapping events. Group…

Sanctuary Mountain draws in the crowds 

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari attracted 13,500 visitors in the last financial year – just fractionally down on pre-Covid numbers. In a year where visitors were almost exclusively domestic, 56% came from the Waikato region, 17 per cent from Auckland and 10 per…

The worst of our weeds 

On Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari the work to protect our native wildlife also involes understanding the native flora they live on. And just as there is an ongoing battle to keep out the introduced mammals which…

Artists revive exhibition, to go ahead this Sunday

This week’s shift in Covid levels has given the green light to an exhibition of art which was shelved earlier this month with the cancellation of the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival. The 2021 garden festival…

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