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Mud and glory

Appalling weather conditions meant the much anticipated “sea of red and white” at Hautapu’s Memorial Park in Cambridge on Saturday was more a small wave – but those who did participate, made a notable difference….

Waipā recycling sabotaged by ‘Blatant laziness’

Bags of blood, human faeces, pig heads, and dead cats. These are some of the horrors that Waipā residents have left for people like Pare Te Huia to sort, by hand, out of their recycling….

O’Regan challenges Mylchreest

Susan O’Regan is putting her political career on the line with an “all or nothing” run at the Waipā mayoralty. Twelve weeks after she announced she was getting out of local politics to work in…

Hard worker takes his rest 

ROY GOWER: 14.7.1934 – 31.5.2022 Roy Gower did many things during his well-lived 87 years. He had been a truck driver, real estate agent, hotel owner, station hand, historian and farmer. But the eulogies at…

New home for plaque 

A plaque that once carried the hopes of people who threw coins into a wishing well in Cambridge has been restored and given a new home. The plaque, which carries the engraved message ‘A coin…

Teen’s Olympic dream 

It’s a jungle out there in the competitive swimming world, but Cambridge’s own ‘Tarzan’ is up for the challenge. At just 14, Cambridge High School year 9 student Corné Diener is nearly two metres and…

Winter – and Summer 

The Cambridge primary school teacher who was one of the first people to see a change in Batten Disease sufferer Summer Mudford, participated in a 5km awareness run in appalling winter weather conditions on Saturday….

Honour for Linda

Linda Roil, who founded Kids in Need Waikato and has helped brighten the lives of thousands of youngsters in care, has been presented with a Cambridge Community Board Community Service Award. In presenting the award…

Carol ends 20-year teaching stretch 

After 20 years at Cambridge Kindergarten Carol Tancock has retired from full-time teaching. Carol arrived at the kindergarten in 2002 and was head teacher until last year, when a bout of ill health prompted her…

Board announced

Five Cambridge residents have been named on the establishment board for the town’s new primary school. Hinerangi Kara, Susan Duignan, Dianne Pacey, Michelle Skipworth and Paul Matthews will have support from governance facilitator Shawn Gielen….

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