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We’re still flush here, Mike!

Business leaders were unimpressed to hear a national breakfast radio announcer tell listeners people could no longer spend a penny in Cambridge. Presenter Mike Hosking was caught short when a listener sent in a message…

Get them to the church on time…

Cambridge’s Catholic community has started an ambitious $4 million campaign to build a new church and they’ve got the right man for the job – he’s done it all before. St Peter’s Church, on the…

Lion King has an original beat 

The Lion King JR musical production had always been on St Peter’s Catholic School’s radar. Ever since they performed “Noah the musical” back in 2017, that is – it left the school with animal costumes…

Give a mum a muffin 

Te Awamutu’s ‘muffin lady’ Jill Taylor is hoping more people across the region will volunteer to make muffins for mums at Waikato Hospital’s New-born Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Jill spearheads an initiative she started 11…

Going with the water flow 

Blair Voorend takes readers through Waipā new water treatment plant.  With water a big issue talked about around the country, in Waipā the Water Treatment Plant on Parallel Road is close to completion. But many…

Florence celebrates radio racing

The return of racing to the airways this month as part of a new sports radio network leaves Cambridge’s Florence Shearman feeling vindicated in her efforts to bring racing back to the fans. Radio Sport…

Five are a hive of industry 

A honey of an idea has got five Cambridge High School students off to a flying start in the 2021 Young Enterprise Scheme (Yes). Run by the Lion Foundation, Yes is a nationwide competition that…

Clark highlights trafficking issue

The potential for trafficking vulnerable girls is heightened in countries facing the dual dangers of abject poverty combined with the absence of a welfare safety net, says Helen Clark, particularly in a pandemic-stressed environment. The…

Aucklanders eye Waipā move 

  A quarter of the recent house sales in Cambridge have been to Aucklanders and the manager of a local real estate agency is one of them. Matt Gilray, 37, moved south saying he wanted…

St Peter’s up to the ‘test’

This was to be a week of relaxation and celebration for St Peter’s School in Cambridge a welcome break after a term of turmoil which started with allegations of bullying, the resignation of principal Dale…

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