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$9.23c – the cost of a vote

Waipā ratepayers paid a Christchurch company $9.23c for every vote cast in the recent local body elections. The $145,000 bill from ElectionNZ to run the election netted 15,703 votes for a 39.65 per cent return….

Is this the magic pellet? 

A $15.6 million project being developed at Waikato University promises to slash methane emissions on farms. Waikato company Ruminant BioTech plans to develop a commercially viable bolus in the next three years. Chief Executive George…

GG is a new gee gees fan 

The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry has gained a new fan following the visit by Governor General Cindy Kiro to two of the country’s leading stud farms last week. An invitation was extended by the…

Cambridge girl from beginning to end 

Judy Homewood: 30.05.1944 – 23.11.2022 Judy Homewood, who died in Waikato Hospital on November 23, was a Cambridge woman through and through. Her life played out in full here.  She was fifth generation Cambridge;  it…

We’ll keep going private 

Workshops in Cambridge have established the town’s reliance on private vehicles is likely to grow unless other transport options are made available. The engagement, part of the Cambridge Connections Business Case preparation, agreed on the…

Land bought for sport

Waipā District Council has bought 6.6ha of land for millions of dollars in Cambridge to be used for sport and recreation. It comes on the back of an acknowledgement that the town’s winter sport players…

More barriers for highway

The 2.4 kilometres of flexible median barriers installed on SH1 south of Cambridge from Fergusson Gully Road have already saved lives, according to Waka Kotahi. And the Government land transport agency says the installation of…

CJD blood ban will be lifted

Blood donors who have been turned away in New Zealand if they were in parts of Europe between 1980 and 1996 are to be made welcome again. People who lived for more than six months…

Power play by Tesla

Global automotive and energy company Tesla has approached Waipā District Council looking for space to install a Super Charger electric vehicle site in Cambridge. The United States-based company has indicated a preference for a 12-park…

Hands up for Christmas

  Lincoln Hill points proudly to his handprint on the wooden Christmas tree he and the other junior students at Cambridge East Primary School recently completed. The 5-year-old is looking forward to seeing his tree…

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