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From gardens to cars

A land use resource consent application lodged with Waipā council gives the first indication of how a former hardware and garden centre site in central Cambridge will look. Ingham Motor Group owns and leases land…

Long live the mullet

After coming tantalisingly close to winning Cambridge Middle School’s Mullet of the Month competition in 2022, Fenix Clifton was desperate to take out this year’s title. So, last Wednesday, as screaming spectators crowded around a…

On the run – for 41 hours

If Nancy Sinatra’s boots were made for walkin’, Allysia Kraakman’s shoes were clearly made for running. And she’s set her sights on lacing them up again soon, having proven they’re clearly capable of doing so…

New criteria for funding

Waipā’s Heritage Fund, which has distributed more than $650,000 over a decade to organisations throughout the district, is in for its first significant shake up since its establishment in 2012. The fund has an annual…

Waipā visitor boom

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce says 50,000 people through the central business district last week proves the economic benefit events bring to the district. Numbers hit an all-time high on March 26 when the Autumn Festival’s…

Town Hall venue ‘brilliant’

There were plenty of familiar faces among members of Youth Orchestra Waikato who provided Cambridge Autumn Festival’s final and best-attended hurrah in the Town Hall on Sunday. Ten of the musicians are from the wider…

Me and my Kiwi Momma

Wendy Klyen looked across her hospital bed, saw a young, bruised and heavily bandaged woman lying on her back unable to do anything and knew she had to help. It was May 2018 and Wendy,…

Our heritage sites

Cambridge: Water Tower, Courthouse (Former), Monavale Homestead, Legal Chambers (Former), Trecarne Stables, Trecarne House, Band Rotundas – Cambridge and Leamington, Valmai Gazebo/Conservatory, Valmai House, Arnold House, Salvation Army Hall, Oddfellows Lodge (Former), Town Hall, World…

Online and growing…

Readers have discovered Cambridge News is available online first thing on Thursday morning, website statistics for March show. The www.cambridgenews.nz front page was the most visited with nearly 20 per cent of all visits last…

Piarere roading plan approved

Waka Kotahi has the go ahead to continue planning for a roundabout to deal with a nightmare intersection. The Environment Court has approved its proposal to replace the T-intersection on State Highway 1 at Piarere…

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