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It’s Fieldays weather…

It was Fieldays, but not as you know it. Or was it? Fog greeted Auckland visitors as they headed over the Bombay Hills towards the Waikato this morning and heavy rain meant gumboots were the…

Farewell to Jenny

She’s affectionately described as a school office legend. So there was no shortage of platitudes when Jenny Comer, who will soon retire after 22 years of service on the front desks of two Cambridge schools,…

Noumea on the horizon

Students at Cambridge High School are planning fund raising projects for a school trip in October next year. About 30 year 10 to 12 French studies students will head to Noumea, New Caledonia. Almost 99…

Late for school ….

The tight construction market and supplier resourcing challenges have resulted in the Ministry of Education deciding to delay the opening of its new Cambridge West primary school by a year. Infrastructure and Digital leader Scott…

Work for Kneebone, Graf

Appointments were to be made to Waikato Regional Council committees today at its first meeting in Hamilton with the two Waipā-King Country constituency members set to pick up a heavy workload. In the agenda, chair…

Briefs

Mayoral fashion A social media post featuring Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in a sale for the retailer where she bought the clothes she was wearing. O’Regan laughed when told it…

A fashion leader too..

A social media posting featuring mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in an additional sale for the Waipā retailer where she bought the clothes she is wearing. O’Regan bought a jacket from Ruby…

Waste: what’s in the pipeline

Cambridge’s new $110 million wastewater treatment plant will be one of the most advanced operations in the country when it opens in four years. And while Waipā Water Services manager Martin Mould likes to discuss…

Drivers get it wrong

Driver behaviour and not highway conditions are the major factors in death and serious injuries from crashes on SH1 between Cambridge and Piarere. The News can reveal it is drivers who get behind the wheel…

Celebrating Waipa

Invited guests joined mayor Susan O’Regan, councillors and community board members at the Don Rowlands Centre for the Celebrating Waipa event, formerly known as Friends of Council. They were entertained by the Te Awamutu Intermediate…

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