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100 up for George

Former Te Pahu farmer George Clark has celebrated his 100th birthday with family, including his daughter, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, in Waihi Beach where he retired to in 1987. For his birthday on March…

Omicron impact warning

Waipā council’s workplace has split into bubbles to manage the district’s business continuity risk during the Omicron wave. But council managers still expect and have planned for a 50 per cent absentee rate, Genny Wilson,…

Saving our precious lake

Lorraine Alderman remembers the first time she walked around Lake Te Koo Utu 18 years ago, shortly after her emigration from the United Kingdom. She thought it was beautiful and a real jewel in Cambridge’s…

How Greg beat the odds

A free app called GoodSAM is now available in New Zealand.  It alerts people that a patient suspected to be in cardiac arrest is nearby, enabling them to possibly save a life by providing CPR…

Invaluable service at risk in Cambridge 

A free service offering professional help to parents needing support with their babies and toddlers may have to close in Cambridge if more people don’t use it. The Hamilton-based Waikato Family Centre provides a free…

Cayden bounces back for lead role 

Cayden Buitendach’s elevation to head boy at Hamilton Boys’ High School is made more significant when held up against the gruelling battle he has been through. Just one football game in May last year left…

Where do the children play?

Cambridge keeps growing with residential development, but children are being ignored because there is a lack of playgrounds in the subdivisions. “We are not looking after the younger members of our community,” Cambridge Community Board…

Businesses push for more clarity 

Clarity around Covid traffic light levels and timeframes, less confusion around mandates and financial support packages, and a call to open borders to international tourists as soon as possible – these were some of the…

Wheels turning on new cycleway 

More than 1400 people used the new 4.5km Waipā section of the Te Awa River Ride on the weekend, including the council’s chief executive. Garry Dyet and wife Donna parked their car at the Cambridge…

Youths nabbed after car stolen; Gotcha with teamwork 

Youths nabbed after car stolen A car stolen from the forecourt of Mobil Service Station in Queen Street, Cambridge on the weekend set off a series of events which resulted in the arrest of eight…

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