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Watching the votes come in

National Party MPs Louise Upston, Barbara Kuriger and Tim van de Molen have all been re-elected with increased majorities. Taupō, Taranaki-King Country and Waikato electorates are all in The News’ circulation area. The sitting trio…

Plea to Metlifecare: Do the right thing ……

A Cambridge social services agency is begging Swedish-owned retirement giant Metlifecare to “do the right thing” and stop plans to evict rental tenants from 11 of its units in St Andrew’s village. Chair Anne Morrison…

Smartphone stress

Counselling rates at a Cambridge school have skyrocketed and its principal says children are being exposed to new pressures via smartphones. About 40 students at Cambridge Middle School are receiving counselling, principal Daryl Gibbs says….

Last call for the domain

With only a day left of engagement on the Leamington Domain Masterplan, Waipā project staff are confident they have been in contact with everyone who has an interest in the domain’s future. The team, from…

Just briefly …..

Resignation goes viral Our “exclusive” story on Hamilton Boys’ High School headmaster Susan Hassall’s resignation went viral last week accounting for nearly a quarter of visits to cambridgenews.nz and teawamutunews.nz websites and hundreds of views…

Great escape

A determined kākāpō – moved from the South Island to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari last month – made a daring escape last week. Tracing data shows four-year-old Tautahi used a downed tree to boost himself over…

Newbie beats veteran; Upston wins sixth term

Wāipa-Waikato MPs were all re-elected on Saturday with increased majorities but it was Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who caused the biggest shock on the night in the Hauraki Waikato Māori seat. Now the country’s youngest MP and…

Waipā delegation in Le Quesnoy

5am – October 12, 2023 – The Te Arawhata – New Zealand Liberation Museum in Le Quesnoy, northern France has been officially opened by the Rt Hon. Sir Jerry Mateparae and Marie-Sophie Lesne, the Mayor…

Store counts on St Peter’s

Some old timber will be put to new use thanks to the hands-on dedication of some St Peter’s Cambridge staff and technology students. Rimu not needed at the Masonic Hotel as it undergoes a $4…

The heat goes on

The company planning a Waipā waste to energy plant is talking up Māori links, conservation, sustainability, cleaning up landfills and teaching recycling. But opponents say the proposed Paewira plant for Te Awamutu will poison residents,…

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