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Fionnlagh’s cancer journey

It has been 551 days since Waikato Hospital doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour ballooning inside Fionnlagh Adams’ brain. At risk of death from the pressure building in her skull, the four-year-old was rushed to Starship…

Sell? We’d rather buy

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has confirmed her council has no intention of selling its shares in Hamilton Airport but could be in the market to buy more. Speaking to The News’ sister publication Waikato Business…

They’re doing us proud

The crew at Cambridge Hospice Shop have been congratulated by Hospice Waikato chief executive Craig Tamblyn for having raised $3.4 million for local hospice patients and their families over the past decade. Tamblyn spoke about…

Bridge a ‘bolt out of the blue’

The preferred option for a new bridge over the Waikato River showing the northern end of it going through Cambridge’s north-western suburbs has spooked residents. The realisation their houses could go under the Cambridge Connections…

Tourism: i-Site going alone

Destination Cambridge has revealed it is exploring an independent tourism hub incorporating a visitor centre following Waipā District Council’s decision to cut its annual funding. The move to “go it alone” has been endorsed by…

‘I was outraged… and still am’

Steph Bell Jenkins talks to a remarkable Waipā woman who would love to create a global revolution. Like her, they were children.  Unlike her, they were living in slums, starving. Pieta Bouma is as outraged…

News in brief ….

Updated – 29 February 3pm Waipā council will follow Waikato district’s lead – as predicted by The News – and recommend deferring the adoption of its Long Term Plan in favour of an enhanced Annual…

Expo will have news on stream

Information on the progress being made on an ecological corridor linking Maungatautari and Pirongia maunga will form part of an Ecology Expo taking place at the Te Awamutu Museum on Sunday. The event brings together…

New whānau rooms in house

Cambridge Community House’s new whānau whare was officially blessed and opened last week, providing an easier working environment for one of the agency’s busier teams. The four-roomed addition adds capacity to facilities at Cambridge Community…

Moves to stall housing plan

Waipā wants to hit pause on a controversial housing intensification plan but the legislation which would allow them to do so is not yet in place. The coalition Government agreed to make Medium Density Residential…

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