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Students at climate summit

Secondary school enviro leaders from across Waipā will attend Waikato Regional Council’s annual climate summit at Te Awamutu College’s O-Tāwhao Marae next month. Cambridge schools are among those attending. “Enviro schools has deep roots in…

Jo in line for award

Pirongia’s Jo Sheridan is one of three finalists in the national Dairy Woman of the Year Award and is passionate about education both on the farm, and in the classroom. She is currently demonstration manager…

It comes back to water …..

Dairy farmer Tor Pedersen isn’t waiting for regulations to tell him how to be a better farmer. The 27-year-old went as far as relocating the main race to improve stream health and help freshwater mussels…

Bob’s award winning berries

Berry production on Bob Teal’s Cambridge orchard increased by almost 50 per cent last year. Teal’s 1.8-hectare Bruntwood Gardens lifestyle block produced nearly 6000 trays of berries in the 2024 season for New World and…

Project helps me-a-t the need

Another community collaboration has helped ease the lot for some of Cambridge’s struggling families. The Salvation Army’s Foodbank was recently given a donation of meat valued at $2000 and purchased through the combined efforts of…

Delivering words, not babies

Marie-ann Quin delivered more than 1200 babies in Waipā and King Country in the 25 years before she retired two years ago. She covered thousands of kilometres in that time travelling to Te Awamutu, Cambridge,…

Clock ticks down to water decision

Waikato and King Country residents are making the most significant local government decision in a generation, and in most cases, they only have days, rather than weeks to decide. Senior writers Chris Gardner and Mary…

Building a champion

Te Awamutu apprentice Jack Mathis may have been the youngest competing at the builders’ challenge event in Cambridge on Saturday, but his carpentry skills were the best on show. Judges selected the 19-year-old as their…

One, two and now there’s three ….

Author and singer/songwriter Holly Christina was part of the recent Cambridge Autumn Festival lineup with a talk at the library on the publication of the third novel in her ‘Harp and the Lyre’ trilogy. Holly…

Game on for Neil

Duck hunters will be out in force, on boats, in maimais, on rivers or beside ponds next month as the crack of shotguns signals the start of game bird season. Among those intent to bag…

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