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Preparing for retirement

Two large areas on the northern side of Cambridge are being transformed from bare land into large retirement villages. Both will be surrounded on their borders by large housing areas, most of them new. One…

Novice pair up to their old tricks

A pair of relative newcomers to bridge are earning their stripes with the Cambridge Bridge Club. Sue Keating and Els Cochrane joined at the start of last year’s beginner bridge lessons series.  After quickly getting…

Setting the wheels in motion

A fledgling Waipa not-for-profit organisation – Ko Wai Au Trust – is planning the next phase of its community-minded aspirations. The News reported on the trust’s launch in March and seven weeks later there are…

It’s 3D – and it’s free

Waipā farmers finally have a free solution to complete an accurate and approved farm environment plan which shows their farm terrain down to the nearest metre. Three-dimensional mapping data known as LiDar (Light Detection and…

Anthony dresses for success

Hitting the lip of the jump at speed, he pulls on the handlebars, tips his head back and watches the snaking black asphalt open into a wide expanse of sky. When he’s up there, climbing…

Rohan’s dreams take off

You might say his aspirations are sky high, but there’s no doubt former Cambridge High School student Rohan Redgrave’s childhood dreams are – quite literally – taking flight. Now he’s landed a “hugely exciting” new…

Council scoops trans-Tasman geospatial award

Waipā District Council has scooped up yet another major award for its first spatial plan – this time against competitors from across the ditch. Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan has won the Community…

Recycling recycled

Some of Waipā’s recycling collection is being trucked to Hamilton and Auckland for sorting to relieve pressure on the Te Awamutu sorting centre. The pressure created by excessive contamination – residents putting non recycling rubbish…

Education centre opens

Shivani Kant has taken the plunge into business, she told invited guests at the opening of the Kip McGrath Education Centre in Cambridge on Saturday. She was talking about her decision to become one of…

A change for the better

Learning Links Childcare Centre in Te Awamutu participated in a pilot community waste minimisation programme which resulted in 1244 fewer full nappies going into landfill. Given a full nappy can weigh anything between 1-2kgs, that…

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