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The story of Geoffrey Challies

Wartime tales from Le Quesnoy, Cambridge’s sister city, include this one – which recounts a conversation with the late Miriam Farrell. A pipe and sister town connection keeps…

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Arrest following serious Matangi assault Police have this morning arrested and charged a man following a serious assault in Marychurch Road, Mātangi over the weekend….

The many faces of Kevin Shaw

‘Kevie’s last party’ at a packed Cambridge Raceway on Saturday was exactly the send-off Kevin ‘Kevie’ Shaw wanted… a farewell without the weight of sadness,…

By gum St Peter’s is 90

Celebrations marking St Peter’s School’s 90th year have started. Oxford scholar Arthur Francis Brooks Broadhurst scoured the globe for 10 years to find the perfect…

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Hear, hear… Kerin’s coming

Kerin Buttimore is a regular competitor at the Waipā Fun Run in Cambridge, and Sunday marked his first as an 80‑year‑old in a field of…

Run for the fun of it

Cambridge Lifeskills will again benefit from St Peter’s Catholic School’s Waipā Fun Run and organisers are expecting record entries. Last year a record 691 runners…

Rugby’s new alumni club

Former King Country coach and 2026 Hautapu head coach Isaac Boss is one of many rugby lovers across the Waipā and King Country to be…

Cricket honours go to Wolland

Hugh Wolland couldn’t have asked for a better start to his 2026 cricket season last Saturday as his Cambridge High School team took on Hamilton…

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Entering the time of AI

Last year I shared signs to look out for when it comes to spotting if something has been generated by AI (Artificial Intelligence). That is…

Family estrangement

While re-connecting with a man whose family I knew, I asked after his brother and learned they had not communicated for years. The reasons were…

Waters CCOs – scrutiny required

The establishment of jointly owned council-controlled waters organisations (CCOs) marks the culmination of 10 years of Government-led investigations, changes to regulatory water quality standards, and…

Home – to all this madness

I spent the majority of Sunday returning from a lovely holiday and arrived home to find the world has gone mad. Messrs Netanyahu and Trump…