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Going potty

It’s from the believe or not files – an Anko saucepan from Kmart won the race to be the Consumer Institute’s Top of the Pots. Consumer delivered the news last week, leaving owners of the…

Art that gives you butterflies

Cambridge artist Kirsten Mcintosh hasn’t let the grass grow under her feet since taking up painting eight years ago. After honing her early skills with Wayne Sinclair, she pursued her own style and has since…

Council focus on housing

Housing is such a significant issue for Waipā that the newly-elected council has escalated its importance by establishing a new housing sub-committee. The decision was made at this week’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee and…

Council responds to faster pace

The first step towards changing 125.3 hectares of land in Hautapu from rural to industrial has started ahead of schedule. The land is part of Waipā council’s C10 growth cell and is intended for industrial…

Education centre opens on maunga

“Education has always been a core purpose,” Jim Mylchreest says of Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain. So it was fitting that at the opening of the $846,000 Manu Korokii Education Centre on the maunga last week the…

Luxon outlines National plans

Opposition leader Chris Luxon has told business owners a National-led government would respond better to their needs, shrink wastage and seek wider global connections. He told those at last Thursday’s Cambridge Chamber of Commerce lunch…

Lifeline for festival carnival

Cambridge Autumn Festival’s iconic Main Street Carnival has secured funds so it can go ahead next month. Organisers of the 10 day long festival feared they would have to cancel the carnival when they failed…

Build and be damned

We Say This is the new view from on high of rural Waipā. These shade covers block views at ground level – and for that reason residents across the district are up in arms as…

Landowners see red: ‘I’ll be surrounded …. I’ll be in prison’

If an independent commissioner approves a retrospective land use consent for a giant kiwifruit orchard at 582 Parallel Road in Ōhaupō, Nick Jennings says everyone in the district is “doomed”. He and his family will…

Our very own storm trooper

A Cambridge student is using spare time ahead of her Wintec classes resuming by helping collect donations for victims of the Auckland floods. Charlotte Peake and her sister Mikaela are collecting items daily to deliver…

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