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Pay as they grow …

Lucy Ryan is confident Hamilton Gardens will continue to be popular with Waipā residents despite the city council’s decision to introduce an entry fee for out of towners. The gardens’ director estimates about a third…

Golden mums a top read

Our online report “Mums are in the same boat” – the story of Cambridge rowers Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors winning gold at the Paris Olympics – was the best read story on the Cambridge…

Crampton reviews ‘challenges’

Ruth Crampton got knocked down, then got up again, got knocked down and got up again and in the words of Chumbawamba – “you’re never gonna keep me down.” Talking at the Destination Cambridge annual…

A modeller’s dream

Hundreds of people filed through the Cambridge Town Hall from Friday through Sunday for the three-day Model Railway Exhibition staged by the Cambridge-based Greater Waikato Railway Modellers (GWRM). The exhibition featured model railways and related…

Chamber ramps up pressure

Cambridge Chamber chief executive Kelly Bouzaid has appealed to Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan to support fast tracking Waikato Expressway on and off ramps at the end of Tīrau Road. “They would allow through traffic, particularly…

Green shoots are showing

Waipā real estate agents are quietly acknowledging what appears to be a lift in the market but are not celebrating yet despite figures out this week showing listings have increased. The average price for the…

News …. in brief

Fathers Day on a roll A change in the weather, a new cycle pathway to explore and Father’s Day resulted in the best turn out yet for Bicycle Revolution’s Spring Roll. More than 100 riders…

Hamilton’s stunning bridge

The opening of Hamilton’s sixth bridge fell on the day of Kīngi Tuheitia’s passing, Roy Pilott reports. “As you know, things have changed – but the plan was set, and it’s left for us to…

News ….. in brief

New member Former Christchurch City Council chief financial officer Carol Bellette – current finance director at AgResearch – will become an independent member of Waipā District Council’s Audit and Risk committee. She is already deputy…

Sent to the sheds …

“Send him down to the Shed” is the theme for this year’s Menz Shed week being held throughout New Zealand in early September. Activities are being organised by sheds in the Waikato to promote the…

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