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Opinion: Time to take a lead on meat?

By Peter Matthews The biggest manufacturer in the world of plant based meat is called Beyond Meat. The founder of Beyond Meat is called Ethan Brown, and he has said a tax on meat (animal…

Social media lost dogs’ new best friend

Social media has become an integral tool for owners of lost dogs and resulted in fewer pooches ending up in Waipā pounds. District Growth and Regulatory Services group manager Wayne Allan made the observation in…

Half a century – time to sell   

With a mixture of sadness and nostalgia, Cambridge businesspeople Graeme and Elaine Haworth are selling two Duke St shops they’ve owned for more than 50 years. The buildings, 61 and 63 Duke St, are tenanted by Dante’s Fine Foods and Point Break Cambridge….

Vandals: thanks (half) a million 

Waipā’s community facilities continue to be targets for the district’s undesirable vandals. Toilets at Bulmer’s Landing, a freedom camping site overlooking the Waikato River 20kms south of Karāpiro, have been closed for several weeks due…

More compact housing planned 

Waipā’s District Plan is being put to the test again with an application for a non-complying activity in Taylor Street, Cambridge heading for a hearing later this month. The application, lodged in February this year…

Cambridge cyclist and canoeists feature in Tokyo

Cambridge-based cyclist Ellesse Andrews has won a silver medal in the women’s keirin at the Izu Velodrome. The 21-year-old former St Peter’s School, Cambridge student, powered from fifth wheel to overhaul three riders and claim…

Ollie will wing it…

A “plucky little bird with a mangled leg and twisted body” from Cambridge is set to become the first cockatiel to attempt to traverse the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, a continuous 3000km…

Waipā votes to go Smoke, Vape free

Vaping has become an epidemic among Waipā youth, Cambridge High School deputy principal John McDonnell told district councillors this week. And councillors heeded his call for them to be leaders and limit the supply to…

Bryce must go, council told

A new district-wide naming policy could see Bryce streets in Cambridge and Kihikihi disappear and John Hewitt Drive in Maungatautari moved to Te Miro. Two submitters to the proposed Waipā District Council Naming Policy were…

Local woman’s history with La Leche league

    The woman who brought La Leche League to New Zealand 54 years ago was an only child who admits she scarcely knew what a baby was before having five of her own. Scots-born…

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