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Covid spreads south

The Government has responded to the spread of Covid from Hamilton by announcing a Super Saturday of vaccinations on Saturday October 16 – rather than new Lockdown levels. Cambridge was on tenterhooks yesterday morning after…

Our tamariki deserve the best future

  By Nanaia Mahuta I recently attended a mass community vaccination event at Hopuhopu in Ngaruawahia “Aio Nuku, Aio Rangi”. Targeted at the wider Waikato region, it was great to see the so many whānau…

Covid moves south

October 7, 2021 – Waipā will be in level 3 lockdown from 11.59pm today. There are 29 Covid cases in the community today, including five in Waikato – prompting the current boundary to be extended…

Teaming up for a doctorate 

By Stephen Ward Three Te Wānanga o Aotearoa staff have been awarded doctorates in raranga – traditional Māori weaving – after joined-up study through Auckland University of Technology’s Te Ipukarea Research Centre. It’s seen as…

Parkour course planned 

By Luke East   A new parkour course, aimed to provide 12- to 17-year-olds with something exciting and physical to do, is   be built near the Te Awamutu skate park. Parkour involves traversing obstacles in a…

Creative minds fund round opens 

About $80,000 in funding for artistic, musical or other creative pursuits in Waipā became available when the Creative Communities scheme opened for community arts activities on October 1. Waipā District Council is opening the October round…

New hands on wheel at Rotary 

Little more than two months into the job as Cambridge Rotary president, Ian Grant is signalling an approach he hopes will increase diversity, enhance growth and reinforce core Rotary values. Internationally, those values include steering…

Grand day for a walk 

Another successful event in support of senior citizens was held at Cambridge Raceway on Monday. This global walk to celebrate the value of older people, organised once again by Cambridge’s advocate for seniors Florence Shearman, was held…

The great sprite and snickers mystery 

Fencourt Road is hardly Hollywood Boulevard, but it will be front and centre in two new films from one of the country’s top directors. Costa Botes, best known for his work with Peter Jackson on Lord…

Breaking ground

Ground works have begun on a mixed-use development in Leamington which will become the third of its type in Cambridge but the first on the southern side of the Waikato River. The three-storey Village at Leamington – marketed…

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