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Call to return to ‘old school’

Bring back local discussion groups. That’s the message dairy farmers have for DairyNZ’s new chief executive Campbell Parker and chair Tracy Brown. The industry good organisation took local discussion groups online during the pandemic and…

‘World order is changing’

Trade tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all imported goods could follow the re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. In a report going to Federated Farmers Waikato Executive…

Rock stars reveal Karioi facts

A come-and-go lake near Raglan has been declared the oldest in New Zealand. Lake Disappear – Mokaikaraka – is in a valley near Bridal Veil Falls dammed by lava flow 2.33 million years ago. It…

Heat goes on dairy industry

The Don’t Burn Waipā lobby group has asked the dairy industry to speak out against plans for a waste-to-energy plant in Te Awamutu. Don’t Burn Waipā spokesperson Eoin Fitzpatrick has written to dairy co-operative Fonterra…

Election turnout sparks review

A dismal voter return and a worsening database has newly elected Waipā Networks Trust members so worried they have called for an investigation into how to improve things for the next election in three years….

Filmmaker shoots for the stars

Zach Macaskill-Smith, whose original film ‘The Case’ raised $2000 for charity this year, has won St Peter’s Cambridge’s International Baccalaureate (IB) dux award. The IB Diploma is an NCEA alternative, allowing students to achieve an…

Lions like Leos

The Cambridge Lions Club has celebrated the hard work done by their Leos over the past year. The support given to Lions by their junior members was praised at the recent end-of-year prizegiving evening held…

Mighty way to celebrate summer

It was billed as the biggest celebration of summer and the 15,761 people – not counting exhibitors and participants – who attended over two days at the weekend were happy to endorse that. Organisers have…

Waipā’s own home and leisure show

#waipahomeandleisure2025 #homeandleisure2025 #cambridgenewsNZ  #teawamutunews #waikatobusinessnews #kingcountrynews See: First Show a success See: Waipa’s own home show

Ben’s game for a scholarship

There must be thousands of parents who urged their children to get off the gaming screen because they see it as an ill-spent way to spend adolescence. Cambridge’s Ben Redder, 30, is proof his gaming…

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