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Waipā votes to go Smoke, Vape free

Vaping has become an epidemic among Waipā youth, Cambridge High School deputy principal John McDonnell told district councillors this week. And councillors heeded his call for them to be leaders and limit the supply to…

Bryce must go, council told

A new district-wide naming policy could see Bryce streets in Cambridge and Kihikihi disappear and John Hewitt Drive in Maungatautari moved to Te Miro. Two submitters to the proposed Waipā District Council Naming Policy were…

Local woman’s history with La Leche league

    The woman who brought La Leche League to New Zealand 54 years ago was an only child who admits she scarcely knew what a baby was before having five of her own. Scots-born…

MP on offensive of ‘Mob money’ 

Waikato MP Tim van de Molen has echoed joined the chorus of complaints over gang links to Government funding. It was “incomprehensible that $2.75 million has been allocated to them instead of to reputable agencies…

Winston’s winning post 

Winston Peters was back in the limelight talking to a supportive audience in Cambridge July 28. The former racing minister was invited to do the honours at the official opening of the Cambridge Jockey Club’s…

A cross to bear 

  It’s been 40 years since the two of us were together in central Hamilton, but the circumstances are completely different. Archbishop Philip Richardson, also Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki, and I walk across Victoria…

Hines opts for pedal power 

Rugby and netball are following football’s lead with a Bike to Footy initiative underway starting this Saturday with rugby at Hautapu’s Memorial Park. The idea behind Bike to Footy came from the Bicycle Revolution Cambridge…

Hitting back at Covid 

The Covid vaccine roll out has reached Waipā this week as the huge task to vaccinate the community ramped up. The Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha – is the latest community COVID-19…

Community vaccination centre opens in Cambridge

The Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha is the latest community COVID-19 vaccination centre to open in the Waikato. Maree Munro, Waikato DHB COVID-19 vaccine programme lead, said at full capacity the site…

We’re going by train now…

The Waikato to Auckland Te Huia train service has carried more than 11,000 passengers in its first three months of operation and there are plans to extend weekday services. It was also proving popular with…

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