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Maunga manager to go full time

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is advertising for a full time general manager as part of a move to bolster fundraising and its profile. Chief executive Andrew Peckham, who took up the post in December, said the…

T & T duo make way

Two men who have toiled tirelessly for Cambridge Lions’ ‘Trash ‘n Treasure Market’, Bill Cairns and Gus Wackrow, have stepped back to leave new man Pat Whyte at the helm from July 1. The monthly…

After the eruption…

“You’ve never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you!” said Dr. Jo Harding, meteorologist in the 1996 movie Twister. This quote kept playing through my head while walking around…

Roundabout tenders called

John Hansen’s dream of seeing a flyover rather than a roundabout at the Piarere intersection of highways one and 29 appears to have been dashed. The Cambridge resident’s case won a lot of support in…

Council comms cost rise

Waipā council will spend quarter of a million dollars more than budgeted this financial year because of a restructure in the communications team. The annual spend will be $722,812 which includes some, but not all,…

Hot and Sharp

Ahead of Hautapu’s 11th appearance in a Waikato senior men’s club rugby final Mary Anne Gill caught up with two players already hard at work. Jason Thomasen and Nic Jeffcoat typify amateur club rugby at…

Rotary looks to Le Quesnoy

The Cambridge Rotary Club’s new president David Partis wants to add a ‘Rotary’ element to the town’s well-established sister city relationship with Le Quesnoy in France. Among his stated focus areas for his year in…

No time for cocktails

After spending over a week in the field recording the damage inflicted by the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption in La Palma, I am now working long hours to go over the information we recorded. I…

Challenges we face

The independent panel appointed to carry out a review into local government reform has released its recommendations. I agree with the panel’s summary of the challenges facing the sector including significant funding issues. These pressures…

Facing the future with hope

Do ostriches really bury their head in the sand to avoid trouble, or to hide? Surely it’s a bit of a pointless method of escaping danger or predators, if they can’t breathe? Like our kiwi,…

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