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Maadi parade – no cause for alarm

Cambridge streets were packed with supporters and students from the 150 schools competing at Lake Karāpiro in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships, lined up with their banners in Wilson Street. The anticipation was…

End of road for i-Site

Cambridge i-Site will close on June 30 following cutbacks, a rent increase and Riverside Adventures’ decision to move out of the Town Hall space. Destination Cambridge, which has 150 members and previously ran the i-Site…

High … and dry

Rotomate sheep and beef farmer Mat Sherriff says pond levels have dropped about one metre on his farm. When you can see the mountains it’s going to rain, when you can’t see the mountains, it’s…

Waipā’s dairy winners

Zac van Dorsten is the 2025 Waikato Dairy Manager of the Year. Van Dorsten, 27, manages Tony and Louise Collingwood’s 455-cow 165ha farm at Scown Road, Ōtorohanga. Van Dorsten, who is from Te Awamutu and…

‘Wrong’ call made on levies

DairyNZ board chair Tracy Brown says the organisation got it wrong when it asked farmers to chose one of two levy rises. Asking farmers whether they wished to maintain current science and research, at between…

Park solution sought

Consultation about emergency traffic access is underway with residents and businesses in one of Cambridge’s oldest streets. The 290m long Fort Street is mostly residential but is home to police and St John as well…

New reporting style unveiled

The infamous Hallys Lane toilet block in Cambridge will be demolished and construction on new toilets begin in June. Paths leading to the public toilets will be improved and dedicated road markings added to affected…

Youngsters can see the light

It’s 6.30am and 20 students line up in the Cambridge High School gymnasium ready to be put to the test in a gruelling programme which will test their physical and mental ability while getting to…

‘Perpetual student’ lifts the bar

Jacqueline Fairey was 17 when she told her parents, “All I want to do is work on a farm,” rather than go to university. She had finished sixth form at St Peter’s College in Palmerston…

Resthaven’s new moon rises

A decade of voluntary bush clearing, plant growing, path construction, building bridges and installing retaining walls was honoured with the official opening of Te Puna Marama in Cambridge on Monday. Representatives present were from Ngāti…

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