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Lions get ready

Several Rosetown Lions women spent Monday afternoon preparing gifts for the club’s annual Santa’s Grotto initiative. They spent the time wrapping and labelling Christmas presents for children visiting Santa at his First National spot in…

New role for Maniapoto leader

A former Maniapoto Māori Trust Board chief executive has been named Trust Waikato’s new chair. Janise Hine-kapetiu Eketone (Waikato–Maniapoto) has held leadership positions with Te Whatu Ora Waikato, including director of Māori Health Strategy. She…

Having a wine old time

Waipā’s Monavale orchard is toasting success borne out of disaster. Just over two years after a budding crop was almost obliterated by an unseasonable October frost which hit both production and employment, Monavale has reinvented…

Comfort for retailers

Cambridge retailers have been told to expect a sharper focus on shoplifting from police in 2025. At a retailers’ gathering last week Cambridge police sergeant Greg Foster said Richard Chambers brings that focus as the…

Double decker delight

Electric double decker buses were out and about in Waipā last week as drivers trained on them in preparation for their debut on the Cambridge and Te Awamutu routes. Passengers on the Cambridge 20 and…

Confidence hits new low

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay heard at Mystery Creek how low farmer confidence has dropped last week. The message came from Federated Farmers national president Wayne Langford at the Federated…

‘I am me’ hits town

At least one woman a day in Cambridge is involved in a family harm incident that is reported to police and many more incidents go unreported. It is on the back of escalating family violence…

Cheer up, it’s Christmas

The Cambridge Christmas Festival is once again filling the town hall with festive décor, music and gift ideas. The event is run annually by the Cambridge Christmas Festival Society, with funds raised going back into…

Taking sanctuary

Sunday’s Cambridge Christmas Parade had only just got underway, but it was all too much for Toma Taute, pulled in a cart by Norma Taute, as part of the Sanctuary Mountain float. Not that Toma…

They really do know it’s Christmas

It was just what the community needed –  a Christmas Parade with lots of happy, smiling faces, despite the steady rain. Mary Anne Gill was there with her camera and wrote about the day. Pop…

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