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Historic home under the hammer

A Cambridge property steeped in history, with a capital value of $17.8 million, could change hands for the first time in more than a century. Dingley Dell, a 165ha Maungatautari dairy farm will be auctioned…

Facilities trust makes a splash

The level of swimming pool and event centre use in Cambridge and Te Awamutu is up 55 per cent on last year and exceeding pre-Covid numbers. Waipā Community Facilities Trust runs the Te Awamutu Events…

‘Workshops’ under review

Waipā District Council’s monthly public excluded workshop sessions are now under the Ombudsman’s spotlight. The News recently requested details under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) about the meetings held throughout the…

Watching the votes come in

National Party MPs Louise Upston, Barbara Kuriger and Tim van de Molen have all been re-elected with increased majorities. Taupō, Taranaki-King Country and Waikato electorates are all in The News’ circulation area. The sitting trio…

Plea to Metlifecare: Do the right thing ……

A Cambridge social services agency is begging Swedish-owned retirement giant Metlifecare to “do the right thing” and stop plans to evict rental tenants from 11 of its units in St Andrew’s village. Chair Anne Morrison…

Smartphone stress

Counselling rates at a Cambridge school have skyrocketed and its principal says children are being exposed to new pressures via smartphones. About 40 students at Cambridge Middle School are receiving counselling, principal Daryl Gibbs says….

Last call for the domain

With only a day left of engagement on the Leamington Domain Masterplan, Waipā project staff are confident they have been in contact with everyone who has an interest in the domain’s future. The team, from…

Just briefly …..

Resignation goes viral Our “exclusive” story on Hamilton Boys’ High School headmaster Susan Hassall’s resignation went viral last week accounting for nearly a quarter of visits to cambridgenews.nz and teawamutunews.nz websites and hundreds of views…

Great escape

A determined kākāpō – moved from the South Island to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari last month – made a daring escape last week. Tracing data shows four-year-old Tautahi used a downed tree to boost himself over…

Newbie beats veteran; Upston wins sixth term

Wāipa-Waikato MPs were all re-elected on Saturday with increased majorities but it was Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who caused the biggest shock on the night in the Hauraki Waikato Māori seat. Now the country’s youngest MP and…

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