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Fonterra management changes

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has  announced changes to its management team. Managing director Co-operative Affairs Mike Cronin has been leading the potential consumer divestment process…

Walk for a cause call

Geoff and Johanna Fitzgerald are inviting 600 hikers to walk for a cause across their Wharepuhunga sheep and beef farm. The couple, who have farmed…

Viability ‘destroyed’

“Farmers aren’t making money, and the Rural Support Trust is busier than ever,” Federated Farmers Waikato president Keith Holmes says. Waikato Rural Support Trust Chair…

Poppies for Passchendaele

A sombre gathering at Te Awamutu’s Anzac Green last Saturday marked the 107th anniversary of a battle said to represent one of New Zealand’s darkest…

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A goal for young footballers

Women’s football is on the crest of a wave in Cambridge – and pathways are being created to help the next generation of players. The…

From Leeds to a leader

When he was 14, Scott Bult was invited to trial for Leeds United. “But dad wouldn’t let me go,” said the 51-year-old, who lived in…

Cambridge’s northern stars

Snap! The women match the men Roy Pilott was at John Kerkhof Park to see the club’s premier women emulate the men and win a…

Cambridge on the up

29 September 3pm Cambridge Women have won promotion to the Northern League women’s championships following a 3-3 draw with Onehunga Māngere United at John Kerfhof…

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Helping with restoration

As we come out of winter and into spring, a reminder to landowners that that both the Waikato Regional Council and the Waikato River Authority…

Then came Hurricane Milton

“When it comes up it’s already too late” I hear as I listen to US news focused on Hurricane Milton as it moves towards Florida,…

Is the church in decline?

Some might draw that conclusion looking at data from the 2023 census. Reporting the results, one media headline said, “More than half the population has…

They’re cocking a snook

Given that silence is golden, the absolute lack of anything positive regarding the forthcoming heavy truck invasion of our lovely town is almost deafening. Except…