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Exploding lava

Many of us might think of eruptions in Hawai’i when we think of lava flows, or recent eruptions in Iceland or La Palma in the Canary Islands. There are generally two main types that we…

Business message: prepare, build

Finding success in business has less to do with good luck and more to do with sound preparation, a readiness to grasp opportunities and the ability to build strong teams, says Jackie Smith. The founder…

District growth ‘incredible’

Just released Waipā property values show the district’s worth is $35 billion – up 45.5 per cent on the last valuation three years ago. The rise was expected given the “incredible growth” seen in the…

Church relaxes cemetery access with new berm

A church service on Sunday will see St Stephen’s Church in Tamahere mark its 140th anniversary by opening up access to its historic cemetery. A memorial berm at the St Stephen’s has been established to…

A new tree for Marg

A ‘freak of nature’ is the final reason given for what happened when a pin oak tree fell on Cambridge resident Margaret Evelyn a year ago. Family say the term could well have described Margaret,…

Historic win for Cambridge High

Cambridge High School’s 1st XI boys’ hockey team is celebrating two of the biggest achievements in its history. The team has beaten St Paul’s Collegiate for the first time since the two schools began clashing…

Wait over for newest kiwis

Waipā’s new citizens packed Cambridge Town Hall in two significant firsts last week. The 105 people from 19 countries who made their oaths or affirmations on stage were the largest group to do so in…

Loner’s last post

John Patrick ‘Aussie’ O’Brien was a “hell of a nice guy”, yet his body lay unclaimed in the Waikato Hospital morgue for two months. Despite appeals for family to come forward and claim the body…

Hidden Lake sixth best in NZ

Cambridge’s Hidden Lake Hotel and Apartments in the Lakewood development has been named New Zealand’s sixth best hotel. That’s according to the 2023 Travellers’ Awards from Tripadvisor, which applies an editorial process to review data…

Standing up to bullying; arrests made

Last Friday Youth Aid officer Constable Dani Hibdige and I visited both Cambridge Middle and Cambridge High Schools to support Pink Shirt Friday. It was great to see so many students getting dressed up.   We…

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