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Next stop US for Rowdy’s

Kihikihi singers/songwriters Blair and Rosie Shaw are planning to perform on the American stage. The couple, who also featured in this year’s Cambridge Autumn Festival,…

Hospice Waikato doubles retail space

Hospice Waikato is almost doubling retail space with a move to new premises, but it needs community help to finish the project. Hospice Waikato regional…

Searching for Sarah – 128

An almost 50-year-old Plunket record book with Hamilton connections is tugging at the heartstrings of staff and volunteers at the Cambridge Hospice Shop. he book,…

Communities and volcanoes

Much of my work in volcanology is around the intersection of communities and volcanoes. I have been spending a couple of weeks here in Tenerife…

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Ring return for Masson

Brisbane based Te Awamutu cruiser weight boxer Floyd Masson will launch his comeback next month against a fellow kiwi. Masson lost his IBO cruiserweight title…

Mixed fortunes for Waipā teams

Hautapu dreamed to believe – and at one point midway in the second half it looked possible – but in the end the unbeaten Hamilton…

Record breaker in hall of fame

In the summer of 1963, the New Zealand equestrian world changed forever. Dairy farmer Colin Clarke and his 12-year-old thoroughbred Town Boy became a unit….

Waipa visitors win at Kihikihi

Cambridge Bowling Club was well represented  at Kihikihi’s tournament last week – and celebrated a win. Winter ills, and the weather, cast their shadow on…

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You were created to shine

Te Awamutu is a community that offers a wide range of events and initiatives that draw people out of their homes to connect with each…

Bridges, books and graves

The driving of the first pile of the new ferro-concrete bridge over the Mangaohoi Stream at Te Awamutu was an occasion of ceremony. The chairman of the County Council was unfortunately…

Different messages

The discharge of contaminants to waterways is something that Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is charged with monitoring and preventing. Recently, a prominent Waikato farming company…

Caring for Ngā Roto

My husband, mum and I moved to Te Awamutu  in 2019.  Because my husband’s career was in shipping, we had always lived in port cities….