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Express delivery The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the Cambridge to Piarere extension of the Waikato Expressway and work will start late next year. The…

Regional council candidates views

Waikato Regional Council manages and protects natural and physical resources, such as water, land, air, and coasts. The Waipā-King Country constituency has a population of 70,700…

Candidates in their own words

We put these  seven questions to Tamahere-Woodlands ward candidates as voting started in the local body elections. 1 – Council work is time consuming –…

The friendly five

19 September, 10am *The print version of this story incorrectly placed Crystal Beavis in the Jacqui Church camp. 18 September 8am It’s highly competitive –…

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Gaze passes final day test

Cambridge professional Sam Gaze produced remarkable ride to pass more than 50 riders to 12th place in the elite men’s cross-country on the final day…

Football eyes on Luke

Cambridge footballer Luke Brooke-Smith has become one of the youngest players to debut for the All Whites. Brooke-Smith became All White No. 645 when he…

High five and goals

Twenty-one Waipā teams braved wild weather to take part in WaiBop Football Federation’s junior 5-a-side tournament in Hamilton on Sunday. Despite torrential rain and gale-force…

Cyclones hit a Waikato storm

Community support was clear on Saturday as hometown hero Keelah Bodle and the Waikato Farah Palmer Cup rugby team defeated Manawatū Cyclones at Cambridge Memorial…

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Police and youngsters

As we are midway through the school holidays, I wanted to highlight a concern around our tamariki (children).  School community officers  work with local schools…

Panic in the headlines

“Tourists warned of volcano (in capital letters) alert in Spanish holiday hotspot as locals urged to leave homes” This was a headline published a few…

Lessons from ‘feathers’…

Oddly enough, feathers of all sizes, colours and shapes often seem to come ‘across my path’ when I’m out and about. Some are ‘ordinary’, but…

Watching the drama

The hustings drama moves on towards what I hope will be a more interesting and voter-filled completion. The candidates have been criss-crossing the district making…