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Pop-up store helps youngsters

Three Cambridge women – two of them raising their own grandchildren – are opening a pop-up store in their town this week to raise funds for Linda Roil’s Kids in Need Waikato. The outlet will…

Chairman backs trust grant for rural support

Waikato Regional Council leader Russ Rimmington says his decision to force through a $50,000 a year grant to the Rural Support Trust was right. Mr Rimmington used his casting vote to push the proposal through….

Streets for the people launches next week

The roll out of an ambitious plan to remake Cambridge’s streets for the people – which includes a pop-up cycleway, improvements to intersections and painted dots on the road – will start next week. The…

Fonterra defends its ‘ghost-farms’

Fonterra has been accused of creating ghost farms – including one in Waipā where nitrate-heavy water is dumped. Buxton Farm has been used to soak up waste water from the nearby Hautapu dairy plant since…

Business awards open

The Waipa Networks Business Awards format has been confirmed. Cambridge Business Chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said  a reshaping of the awards categories will better reflect business issues and strategies during 2020. Any business, of any…

Waipa residents send most of their recyclable rubbish to landfill

Waipā residents send most of their recyclable rubbish to landfills, a new report reveals. An audit of trash was carried out by the Waipā District Council last October of 253 randomly-selected households on 44 streets…

A cycle of support

Four youngsters who could do with a lucky break will each get a new mountain bike in the coming months. The bikes were presented recently to Cambridge Youth Aid Snr Constable Wayne Dunn. They were…

Book giveaway: six of the best for you to read

We have a series of books to give away to News readers – and all you have to do is email us with the title. Simply send an email to [email protected] and put the title…

A columnist with currency: economics commentator joins News column team

New columnist Peter Nicholl is a home-grown international economist with the rare knack of turning ‘money chat’ into something universally palatable. It is exactly that gift that the former Cambridge High School student and sportsman…

Bridge claims disputed

Claims about one of Cambridge’s two bridges over the Waikato River are wrong and could cause alarm, the district council says. Council transportation manager Bryan Hudson says the bridge has been assessed as in “fair…

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