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Marie adjusts to a kiwi way of life

Fewer school subjects and the strangeness of school uniforms are just a couple of life variations Rotary exchange student Marie Witzel is adjusting to. The 15-year-old from Graz in Austria arrived in New Zealand in…

Power to our people

A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a local network 33kV substation owned by Waipā Networks. The aim…

It’s cash for trash

Cambridge Primary School decided it was time to take out the trash – in a much smarter way. And now the school has been given a financial boost to keep the work going. “Seventy-five per…

More kākāpō at Maungatautari

The success of Sanctuary Mountain’s conservation efforts has been underlined with the arrival of another six kākāpō from the South Island The bird were released last week, a move enabled by Ngāi Tahu and welcomed…

Proving the value of science

Award-winning scientist and founder of Hill Laboratories, Dr Roger Hill, may have taken on a test too far when trying to convince Cambridge University of the Third Age (U3A) members that analytical chemistry was riveting…

Double deckers coming our way

Double decker electric buses will operate from Leamington and Kihikihi through to Hamilton and back from January 1. The news was in a report tabled by Waikato Regional Council’s public transport planner Katherine Simpson to…

Seeing our sisters

Cambridge’s sister city relationships with Le Quesnoy and Bihoro are to be rekindled following a self-imposed Covid lull. Community board chair Jo Davies-Colley and Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan head to France next month for the…

Exchanging differences

Fewer high school subjects and wearing school uniforms are just a couple of life variations our latest Rotary exchange student Marie Witzel is adjusting to. The 15-year-old from Graz in Austria arrived in New Zealand…

New plan for domain

A plan to remove Leamington Domain’s skating rink and build a covered multi-purpose court nearer the croquet green was presented to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week. Reserves planner Bonnie Lewis unveiled the…

Searching for a shed

Myles Prebble was at home “doing nothing” during the Covid lockdown, so he decided to make a ukulele from resources in his shed. Fast forward to late last month and he was behind a considerably…

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