Toasting 30 years The Cambridge Treetown Toastmasters celebrated its 30th anniversary recently. The club, which has more than 20 members has continued to run hybrid style meetings in the wake of the Covid pandemic when…
Toasting 30 years The Cambridge Treetown Toastmasters celebrated its 30th anniversary recently. The club, which has more than 20 members has continued to run hybrid style meetings in the wake of the Covid pandemic when…
Five new names for internal roads at Patrick Hogan Retirement Village have been gifted by mana whenua in Cambridge to Ryman Healthcare. Four of the names represent local native trees or plants and the fifth…
The rain bucketed down during the Cambridge Christmas Parade today (Sunday) which might have impacted on spectator numbers but float participants still had a good time. Cambridge Toy Library took out the best float. Winners…
A few stylish artistic types have contributed to designs now brightening up Waipā district libraries’ membership cards and book bags. They were among the many who responded to an April competition held by the libraries…
Yellow lines Waipā road safety staff have distributed signs to various schools pointing out the issues parents parking on yellow lines cause outside the schools. They are put out in the morning and at the…
Waikato’s fledgling kākāpō population is proving too inquisitive for its own good. It was revealed this week three of the 10 birds brought up from the bottom of the South Island to Maungatautari had managed…
An inaugural Retirement Expo held in Cambridge last week is to become an annual fixture after it received high praise from industry representatives. The expo – organised by a familiar face to The News readers…
Kiwis who believe that the sexual exploitation of minors doesn’t happen in New Zealand are kidding themselves. It does happen here, says one expert on the topic, as does the commercial sexual exploitation of children,…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan celebrated a successful year for the district but warned of stormy waters ahead last week. The mayor spoke at the annual Celebrating Waipā gathering at the Sir Don Rowlands Centre, Karāpiro,…
When Te Awamutu Intermediate’s all-star kapa haka group was at the Celebrating Waipā event at Karāpiro last week it was hard not to notice year eight student Pokaia Heke. Pokaia has been recovering from a…
