Battle lines have been drawn in Cambridge – one to see an under-threat water tower remain, the other to hear its 143-year-old church bells ringing again. Mary Anne Gill reports on Protecting their history. A…
Battle lines have been drawn in Cambridge – one to see an under-threat water tower remain, the other to hear its 143-year-old church bells ringing again. Mary Anne Gill reports on Protecting their history. A…
Pigeons and their toxic poo have silenced the six bells in St Andrew’s Anglican Church belfry. One of the four kauri pillars holding up the bell tower at the historic white Cambridge church is rotten…
Taupō MP Louise Upston has defended the deferral of Cambridge’s new primary school saying the Education ministry had to prioritise funding based on where need was the greatest. Despite the infrastructure outside the school in…
Nifty shades of Gray In charge of the telephone exchange starting late last century at the Waikato Times she was, in many ways, the newspaper’s public voice. Now Hamilton’s Operatic Society is planning the ultimate…
25 July 2pm The gouged verge at the Shakespeare Street roundabout has been repaired and lawn seed reapplied. But it already appears as if a vehicle has gone over it. 25 July 5am Truckies say…
Cambridge’s Seventh Day Adventist church members will mark their 50th anniversary on August 3. Harvey Gangadeen, pastor for the Cambridge, Tīrau and Matamata churches recounts the church’s history. The story of Cambridge Church began circa…
Former Cambridge student Amy FitzPatrick has been celebrated for her leadership skills. She was named outstanding leader of the year (site-based) at last week’s National Association of Women in Construction Awards. Her award celebrates women…
Cambridge Rotary Club David Partis immediate past president reckons he couldn’t have asked for a better year in office than the one just ended. Speaking to The News soon after the club changeover for the…
Waikato-King Country regional bus passenger numbers dipped last month and are likely to take another hit this month. Fares for Busit and Te Huia train services increased from July 1 and with two weeks of…
Confusion surrounds the Department of Conservation’s promise to partially fund the world’s largest predator proof fence at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, says Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger. A cash flow crisis at the $5000 a day…
