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Getting the message through

Our role as elected members is to advocate for and understand the needs and concerns of all sectors of our community. Recently, Cambridge Community Board has been engaging with the disability sector in Cambridge. Some…

Lighten up – it’s time for Bridge

The Cambridge Sixes, one of the biggest bridge events in the country and one likely to attract over 30 teams of six players each, comes to town early next month. The full day event will…

Life across the ditch

A sojourn in New South Wales last week permitted me to catch up with matters concerning skin. Not the natural dermis that needs washing frequently, but skin as inherited from one’s forefathers (and mothers). A…

Hall committee sends SOS

Fencourt Hall’s administrative committee has reached desperation point, saying it will have to hand the building’s keys over to Waipā District Council if it can’t find new volunteers. The committee will hold a meeting at…

Trust hits back at pokie report

The country’s fourth largest gambling operator has taken issue with a Waipā District Council report which suggested community funding from pokie machines was going from the poor to the rich. Grassroots Trust, which operates 70…

MP wants express issues ironed out

Ongoing issues for Cambridge users of the Waikato Expressway, including the fire brigade, need ironing out so the next part of the design is fit for purpose, Taupō MP Louise Upston says. She was responding…

Goals aplenty

John Kerkhof Park’s new number seven pitch in Cambridge came through a weekend of matches with glowing reviews and goals galore. Cambridge Football Club’s under 23 team beat Claudelands Rovers 6-1 on the Saturday and…

Not such a magic roundabout

Cambridge based Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief Don Good spells out his frustration at Waka Kotahi’s decision to opt for a roundabout rather than a flyover at Piarere. Even the most hardened transport scientist would…

Watching the kākāpō

Every step they take… DoC’s kākāpō “policeman” Petrus Hedman will be watching them. The newest arrivals at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, four kākāpō from the deep south, will be constantly monitored as they adapt to their…

So many Cambridge Roads…

Cambridge’s fire chief has echoed readers’ concerns about the ongoing confusion around some street and road names in the town. Waipā District Council says it would only look at the issue if a petition was…

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