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Branching out at the tree church

  Set in three leafy hectares in the tranquil Waikato countryside, Ōhaupō TreeChurch and Gardens is a far cry from the fast-paced corporate world Bev and Chris Gatenby once inhabited. But after taking stock of…

Council puts up $8b transport plan

Public input is being sought over a proposed $8 billion investment in  Waikato’s land transport system. The Regional Transport Committee plan sets out how the region’s land transport system will be developed over the next…

Maurice marks 105 laps around the sun

At an impressive 105-years-old, Maurice ‘Maurie’ Evans is the living embodiment of the glass-half-full approach to life. He has faced love and loss through the years, struggled with the aftermath of spending four years on…

Mums tough it out for Oxfam

A movie night being held at Cambridge’s Tivoli Theatre on Tuesday March 2 will help the four Cambridge businesswomen raise funds for Oxfam.  Booking details and tickets for the movie, ‘Love, Weddings and Other Disasters’,…

New predator free hub launched

The next phase of Predator-Free Mystery Creek has been launched   by the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (NZNFS). The information evening last week was designed to kickstart a wider movement to extend predator control into…

The doctor turns another page

Cambridge’s Fred Simpson – family doctor, wordsmith and a man with his roots deeply embedded in Africa – will launch his second novel ‘The Sunflower and the Sparrow’ at PaperPlus Cambridge from 5.30pm on Thursday…

Covid-19 — Where to get tested

Covid testing continued in the region this week including at a new pop-up site setting up in Piopio, the Waikato District Health board announced on its website. Testing facilities are for people who are symptomatic…

The house that Jack built

It all started with the leaves of the cypress plant. The twisting branches of the Bonsai tree offered form. And the Tensegrity sculpture, a kind of optical illusion that seems to defy gravity itself, was…

Educating about asthma

The growing need for people to better manage their asthma is behind a move by Asthma Waikato to extend its range of effectiveness in 2021. The three-person team operating from Hamilton plans to broaden its…

Museum shines light on brigade stories

A lucky perk born out of 2020’s lockdown for Cambridge Museum administrator Karen Payne has become the bedrock of a new exhibition focusing on the history of the town’s volunteer fire brigade. Last year’s lockdown…

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