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‘Gagging’ orders hit two boards

The role of councillors on community boards – where they find themselves limited in  how they contribute – will be reviewed in Waipā. Councillors have to choose between debating issues at community board or council…

Charities benefit from festival

Three of Cambridge’s core charities have received $10,000 each from funds raised at last year’s Cambridge Rotary Garden Festival. Kids in Need Waikato, InterlockNZ Trust, and Cambridge Lifeskills received the funding boost. Representatives from each,…

Full field at RDA fundraiser

It was the Mane Event in Cambridge on Sunday where crowd favourite therapy pony Monty led everyone a merry walk to Riding for the Disabled Association’s fundraiser at its Alpha St headquarters behind the Gaslight…

Quarry hearing adjourned

Significant changes to a proposal by RS Sand to establish a sand quarry on the southern outskirts of Cambridge has delayed the final decision another month. A hearing before commissioners Richard Blakey (chair), Ngaire Phillips,…

Low and behold, the Morgans

Ian Taylor was holidaying in Italy when he saw a Morgan car and decided that was the car he wanted. He was attending the Como to Stresa rally, a famous road rally featuring vintage cars…

Getting reconnected

The Cambridge Connections reset is taking too long, and the public is frustrated and in the dark about where the project is at. “All they know is they’re sitting in their car. Cambridge is becoming…

Dani has youths edging ahead

Police sergeant Felicity Cook-Jones has got the perfect answer to improving the relationship between young people and the police. “Clone Dani,” she said, referring to Constable Danica Hibdige, who leads Cambridge’s Youth Aid and Blue…

Library fully booked

Cambridge’s library desperately needs more space, and the answer could lie short term with a shipping container. This is one of the suggestions made by Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley and deputy chair Elise…

News in brief

Nicky wins 700 Nicky Chilcott notched up her 700th win as a driver in the last race at Cambridge Raceway’s Night of Champions tonight. The rank outsider, trained by Tim Hall at the raceway, won…

It’s great to create

Lori Neels describes quilting as “cheaper than therapy.” The award-winning quilter is part of the Cambridge Patchwork and Craft group which meet every fortnight at the Taylor Made Community Space. Members displayed the results of…

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