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One of New Zealand’s largest retirement village providers has confirmed it will no longer provide rental accommodation for senior citizens in its St Andrew’s Cambridge facility. Metlifecare has told the 11 people living in the…

The local government reform process continues at a slow pace and road deaths make grim reading. The fact that Local Government New Zealand have chosen not to make some of the issues raised in the…

Cambridge News publisher Good Local Media has added another print masthead to the company’s stable. Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had bought the Waikato Business News. It was a trusted and respected name…

The right to vote is one of those “must have” acts for which many have fought – and died – in the past. Ask the lady who threw herself under the King’s horse in England…

A Cambridge architect whose work features in several houses and buildings around the town has won the contract to provide a concept of what a new library might look like. Antanas Procuta and his Hamilton-based…

Jo Davies-Colley thought she had her suitcase all packed and under control for her trip to Cambridge’s sister city Le Quesnoy this week until someone told her there was a bed bug crisis in France….

One day we went to visit an older lady who in earlier years had been a significant force in our community. Her days of expending practical care for others had ended and needing a little…

Bev’s best brew What better way to start last Sunday’s International Coffee Day than with a brew you’ve had a hand in making?  Bev Geange, a resident of Arvida Lauriston Park in Cambridge, helped café…

Coffee with a cop, promoted by senior constable Deb Hann in her On The Beat column last week proved a success last week. Deb brought along six of her colleagues – including fellow Te Awamutu…

Rob and Janet Weeks were visiting Cambridge this week and did a double take when they saw a sign advising them to be cautious of swooping magpies. It was a new one for the Canadian…