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Government must step up on third bridge

A third bridge in Cambridge is becoming critical as Cambridge’s population grows by the minute, yet it appears that it’s not a priority for Government. News that the Waipa District Council has extended the public…

Classy addition for Goodwood

Goodwood School’s new four-classroom block is blue inside and out and green all over. “As an Enviroschool we prioritised a number of features including solar power that fully powers the block, a rainwater harvesting system…

Family safety police ‘priority’ 

Family harm incidents were up in Cambridge – but down in Te Awamutu last year. A review of Waipā data indicates there was a three percent increase in family harm reported in Cambridge – 509…

Op-shop wants volunteers

Busy Bees Op Shop is marking a successful first year doing what it does best… on-selling donated items to help others in need. It opened last March, starting life as a pop-up store centred primarily…

Rotary scoops national award 

A Waipā Rotary recycling initiative has earned a top honour in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards. The Urban Miners initiative in Te Awamutu and Cambridge, which results in redundant electronic equipment stripped and recycled,…

Plugging into the future

Move over Nostradamus. Here comes Peteramus Matthewsilus. I’ve been observing the world over the past (nearly) 60 years, and I am now in a position to reveal what the future holds. Notwithstanding the butterfly effect,…

Region ‘over represented’ in crash stats

Seven of the 51 fatal car accidents in Waikato last year happened on Waipā roads, a report to Waikato Regional Council’s Transport committee has revealed this week. Of the eight people who died, seven were…

Alpino’s star is rising

Alpino Cambridge co-owner Riccardo Carminati and his team are fizzing after coming within a sniff of winning New Zealand’s version of a Michelin star. The Italian restaurant has been listed as one of the country’s…

On the beat: A week in my life 

I want to start with a couple of “Thank You” messages this week. On Monday, a man walked off from one of our local rest homes and was reported missing. He was seen a couple…

Protests: view from the inside

A Cambridge school teacher who lost her job when she refused to get a Covid-19 vaccination is in Wellington as part of the Parliament protest action. Rachel Eriksen, who taught at Newstead School but left…

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