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Cambridge News

Cambridge News is your local independent community newspaper, celebrating the positive aspects of our town and the people living here.

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 09 > a-winner-with-impact

A winner with impact

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (767+ words) A section of the audience at the Cambridge Society of Arts awards and preview event. Wayne Sinclair has been painting for more than 60 years and at 81 still finds inspiration in the changing light around Cambridge. So when he stopped in…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 09 > eyes-on-the-future

Eyes on the future

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (561+ words) Paul McAvoy pictured at the opening of a new block in August Cambridge High School’s new principal, Paul McAvoy, is looking to the future – seven years to be precise. The high school will celebrate its 150th anniversary on July 3, 2033. “It’s in…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 09 > news-in-brief-137

News in brief

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (455+ words) Celebrated international and local artist Wayne Sinclair with Autumn at Karapiro. Motorists using the Cambridge West (Velodrome) interchange on the Waikato Expressway will face overnight closures from September 8 for two nights as crews complete final asphalt work on the ramps....

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 08 > from-three-to-17-million-waters

From three??? to $17 million waters

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) Waikato Waters head office in Hamilton The cost of establishing Waikato Waters has reached $16.85 million, about 40 per cent above the company’s previously reported $12.1 million establishment budget. Waikato Waters is the council-controlled water services company jointly owned by six district councils,…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 08 > an-interesting-ride

An interesting ride....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (233+ words) As the majority were flying into Wellington, they individually became trapped in a narrow public corridor of Wellington Airport to be pounced upon and grilled by the eager headline-seeking media pack. Whereupon they either uttered huge amounts of love for…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 08 > callouts-hit-record

Callouts hit record

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (322+ words) Ambulance on an emergency in Cambridge. Ambulance crews serving Waipā communities have experienced a sharp rise in demand, with St John reporting a significant increase in emergency incidents this month. Craig Scott, Hato Hone St John Area Operations manager South…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 08 > where-are-we-at

Where are we at?

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (464+ words) The government had set a timeline for councils to get their proposals in for reform by August 9. Any council without a Head Start plan drops into the “backstop” scheme. Ōtorohanga and Waitomo have submitted to merge into a King Country…...

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cambridgenews.nz > 2026 > 08 > rates-pain-tops-concerns

Rates pain tops concerns

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (607+ words) The concerns keeping Cambridge residents awake at night are not hard to identify. Rates affordability, local government amalgamation, traffic congestion, water reform costs and protecting a local voice are the issues most frequently raised with members of the Cambridge Community…...