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Farm leaders say ‘hit pause’

Two of Waipā farming’s longest-serving environmental advocates say the government should pause Plan Change 1 rather than put farmers through a compliance process that could soon be overtaken by resource management reforms. Read more See:…

Bishop’s Waikato trifecta

For a Cabinet minister based in Wellington, Chris Bishop seems to have acquired an unusually large footprint in the Waikato. In the space of a few weeks, the minister, who holds six portfolios in the coalition government, has found…

Art heads to RSA auction

National and regional RSA leaders visited Cambridge artist Carole Hughes last week to accept two paintings she has done for auction on the town’s Le Quesnoy connection. The paintings will be displayed at Paper Plus…

Cats, cats and more cats

Not that your nostrils would tell you, but in the Tamahere Community Centre there are dozens and dozens of cats and almost all of them are dozing in cages or performing on judges’ tables while…

News in brief

Good laments expressway delay Waikato business chamber chief Don Good has welcomed the government’s commitment to the Cambridge to Piarere roundabout – and taken a swipe at Labour and the Greens. “It has been a…

Confusion at Paewira

The company behind plans to build a waste to energy plant in Waipā is on a New Zealand Gazette list to be removed from the Companies Register. Read more

Bridge story tops stats

The opening of a new pedestrian/cycle bridge in Leamington’s Te Awa Rise subdivision was the most read post on the Cambridge News website last month. But readers fed back their confusion via our social media…

Mike’s ‘awesome’ farewell

“Go and be awesome” is something Leamington School principal Mike Malcolm says often… usually with his trademark grin. That became the school’s parting shot to him last Friday at a special assembly that turned into…

Honour for youth worker

Inspirational youth worker Celeste Sandford has become the first person from Cambridge to be named the national 24-7 Youth Worker of the Year. The 26-year-old, who works primarily across Cambridge Middle and Cambridge High schools,…

Fast track approval for Waikato racing hub

Waikato Thoroughbred Racing’s application to buy 150 hectares south of Hamilton to consolidate the region’s racing and trotting activities south of Hamilton has been given Fast-track approval by Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop. The decision marks…

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