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Rocking for Margaret

  No-one was in any doubt – Margaret Evelyn would have hated missing such a great party on Sunday at the Cambridge Cricket Pavilion. The ‘Afternoon Tea without Marg’ celebration attracted more than 100 people…

Boards in The News

What started as straightforward reviews of Waipā District Council’s dog and water supply bylaws have become a nightmare for the council, aggravated by actions of its community boards. In Cambridge, board chair Sue Milner has…

Council backs dragons

An international event for breast cancer paddler teams who engage in dragonboat activities as part of post breast cancer diagnosis rehabilitation has been backed by Waipā district’s promotions fund. The event will be held at…

Koran in te reo for Cambridge 

A copy of the Muslim holy book translated into te reo Māori – the Koran, or Kur’anu Tapu – has been gifted to Cambridge by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The book was presented…

Plato’s influence on local exhibition

Cambridge abstract and figurative artist Raewyn Whaley has drawn on the influences of Plato’s allegory The Cave for her current exhibition. Themed ‘What is real’, the exhibition opened earlier this month at The Mandarin Tree…

Quarry consents on hold 

Nine of the 13 major resource consent applications received by Waipā District Council in the last quarter are on hold pending further information. They include plans to operate a sand quarry in Ōhaupō, extend one…

Town hall trust takes control  

A lease and service agreement has finally been signed between the Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust and Waipā District Council, 14 months after the trust’s first meeting. Trust chair Kirsty Johnson hinted at one of…

No ordinary man

There are times when writers are rewarded beyond their wildest dreams for going the extra mile. In researching for one of his books while in Britain, Graeme Woodfield was given access to a treasure trove…

The change challenge

In the future, a network of shared paths and cycleways could cover much of Te Awamutu and Cambridge – but why? ‘The current system of just relying on cars is not going to cut it’ …

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….

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