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Business breaker – 60-year-old dairy faces closure

A dairy in Grey Street is losing hundreds of customers and turnover has plunged 60 per cent since Waipā District Council blocked the Cambridge street for its Hamilton Road dual cycleway. As patrons abandon the family business in their droves,…

Vaccination centre to open in Cambridge

Waikato DHB confirmed today it will open a Covid 19 vaccination centre in Cambridge on Wednesday 28 July and in Te Awamutu early next month. The venue has yet to be confirmed but The News…

Opinion: minding our language

By Peter Carr  From time to time most people reflect on what is around them and how their surroundings affect their daily lives. Surroundings may include one’s home, village, weather, personal relationships and often matters…

A fundraising star  

After beating the odds herself, Emmeline Lattin has raised $870 for Starship Children’s Hospital to help other New Zealand children get vital medical treatment. Emmeline, 13, has had ongoing care at Starship since a life-threatening…

Project fosters generosity

After meeting Kids in Need Waikato co-founder Linda Roil and collecting for her charity this term, Aidan Tidd and Ella Millar have a new appreciation for the struggles many foster children face. “They could be…

Matariki part of the culture

Matariki will not become an official national public holiday until June 24 next year, but for Cambridge High School, attempts to entrench the event in the school’s future culture have already begun. Friday 10 July…

Chamber, council pushes growth

There are no winners among the parties involved in the recently declined Resource Management Act application to build a 40ha subdivision in Cambridge’s western outskirts, says the town’s Chamber of Commerce. Chamber chair Tania Witheford, in a…

‘Thank you, Mitre 10…’ News story gets Michael working

Michael Dodds, whose search for employment in the hospitality industry featured in Cambridge News on June 17, has landed his dream job. The 20-year-old has a new role of up to 20 hours a week…

We’re still flush here, Mike!

Business leaders were unimpressed to hear a national breakfast radio announcer tell listeners people could no longer spend a penny in Cambridge. Presenter Mike Hosking was caught short when a listener sent in a message…

Get them to the church on time…

Cambridge’s Catholic community has started an ambitious $4 million campaign to build a new church and they’ve got the right man for the job – he’s done it all before. St Peter’s Church, on the…

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