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Colts march on

Hautapu hooker Shaye Retemeyer was a handful for the opposition in the Colts 57-5 victory over Hinuera at Memorial Park, Cambridge on Saturday. The unbeaten Colts are now second on the 16-team Waikato Rugby table…

A brand new look

Cambridge Town Hall’s new branding had its debut ahead of the first production under its moniker last Friday night. At a special reveal 30 minutes before Les Voisins – a journey into French music through…

Riding for research

Natalie Gauld knew there was something seriously wrong with her when two years ago she could not lift a kayak onto the top of her car. The pharmacist – recognised in the New Year’s Honours…

Building consents fall

Development activity across Waipā appears to have slowed down this year with only 30 subdivision consent and 46 land use applications in the first three months. Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, who chairs the council’s Strategic…

Housing need detailed

Waipā has an immediate shortfall of 560 houses while there are 87 families considered at risk and with severe and persistent housing needs. The facts have been laid bare in a report from Waikato Housing…

Royal marathon ahead

Half a century in New Zealand, and he considers himself a Kiwi – but Roger Gordon is very much a royalist. And he expects to be on breakfast duty at some point this weekend while…

Reminders and new faces

First of all, I again have some reminders for the community. I’d like to remind everyone to secure your vehicles whenever you are not in them. We continue to have an increased trend of cars…

Tamahere rate plan

Tamahere ratepayers being asked to consider paying an annual nature rate have a couple of days left to respond. Submissions on a plan which would levy ratepayers $1 a week close on Sunday. The targeted…

Hail Mary – a woman of controversy

Mary Teresa Murphy was an Irish woman who took the lead in her own business affairs, dealt directly with men and did not categorise herself as anyone’s victim, as Karen Payne from the Cambridge Museum…

A dream in the planning

With the popular and meaningful Anzac Day commemorations over for another year, the Cambridge Community Board is setting its sights on our dream of a new library and community hub. The board imagines a library…

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