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Sentch skips team to victory

Meanwhile the St Patricks Day bowls tournament was well supported with a full green of bowlers, with many visitors. The annual event was  as usual very colourful especially with many participants dressed for the St…

Antiques skittle Rogues

The clash between Waipā’s more senior cricketers provided plenty of entertainment for spectators at Cambridge’s Victoria Park on Sunday in the Sunday League. Cambridge Antiques won the toss and scored 216/9 off their 40 overs…

Treasure hunters were early birds

Just as well Lions’ members were at Memorial Park early on Sunday morning and so were the 105 stallholders eager for the return of Cambridge’s Trash n Treasure market. The market, which has not operated…

100 up for George

Former Te Pahu farmer George Clark has celebrated his 100th birthday with family, including his daughter, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, in Waihi Beach where he retired to in 1987. For his birthday on March…

Omicron impact warning

Waipā council’s workplace has split into bubbles to manage the district’s business continuity risk during the Omicron wave. But council managers still expect and have planned for a 50 per cent absentee rate, Genny Wilson,…

Saving our precious lake

Lorraine Alderman remembers the first time she walked around Lake Te Koo Utu 18 years ago, shortly after her emigration from the United Kingdom. She thought it was beautiful and a real jewel in Cambridge’s…

Our rowers sock it to ‘em

Brylee Deacon is in a race against time. Planting an oar on the pontoon, she lifts herself out of her boat, grabs a water bottle, swigs deeply and begins peeling off her bright blue Rick…

How Greg beat the odds

A free app called GoodSAM is now available in New Zealand.  It alerts people that a patient suspected to be in cardiac arrest is nearby, enabling them to possibly save a life by providing CPR…

Invaluable service at risk in Cambridge 

A free service offering professional help to parents needing support with their babies and toddlers may have to close in Cambridge if more people don’t use it. The Hamilton-based Waikato Family Centre provides a free…

Cayden bounces back for lead role 

Cayden Buitendach’s elevation to head boy at Hamilton Boys’ High School is made more significant when held up against the gruelling battle he has been through. Just one football game in May last year left…

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