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Montgomerie tops councillor salaries

Update February 22, 12pm Cambridge ward member Roger Gordon remains the lowest paid elected councillor following mayor Susan O’Regan’s decision to change committee membership while Mike Montgomerie is now the highest paid councillor – ahead…

Financial boost for Sanctuary Mountain

The government has provided a one-off funding injection of $750,000 over three years to the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary. The Sanctuary – a popular tourist destination in the Waikato region – is home to native…

Fluoride bill welcomed

Antifluoride campaigner and local body politician Kane Titchener is celebrating New Zealand First’s call for a referendum to review the move to put decisions over fluoride into the Ministry of Health’s court. Winston Peters accepted…

Farmers wait for plan change ruling

Farmers have only weeks to wait to learn the extent of a Waikato Regional Council water quality plan change on their operations. As they wait for the final version of Plan Change One to fall…

A new pair of loving arms

Longtime volunteer Zelda Nortje has taken over the reins of Lovings Arms, which has supported thousands of parents and caregivers across the Waikato. Since 2014, the Te Awamutu-based charity helped more than 6000 babies and…

New rules for kiwifruit

Waipā District Council looks set to make some radical changes to its District Plan to accommodate the burgeoning kiwifruit and horticulture industry. Proposed changes include reducing road and internal boundary setbacks for protective structures over…

Remembering the music with Dee

Doris Vosper, known to many as ‘Dee’, was a transformative piano teacher in her day, a woman whose passion for music touched many people in and around Cambridge. DORIS ‘DEE’ VOSPER:  12.10.1929 – 30.1.2025 Her…

Houston, Gamble lined up

Concert pianist Michael Houstoun and blues singer-songwriter Hammond Gamble have been confirmed for next month’s Cambridge Autumn Festival. The pair will perform on consecutive nights at The Woolshed in Te Awa Lifecare Village. This will…

Playtime draws hundreds

They call them destination playgrounds for a reason, people want to go there. These premium places cater for the wider community not just children in the immediate neighbourhood offering more than just physical activity and…

Help, but no school on horizon

Help is on the horizon for local teachers desperate for more resources to support students with special learning needs. Education minister Erica Stanford, who visited Cambridge Middle School and Goodwood School on Friday, says teachers…

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