News in brief
Strike planned
More than 3 500 mental health nurses and assistants and public health nurses and 1700 policy, advisory, knowledge and specialist workers – who provide support for health care – have voted to strike on Friday next week.
McDonald’s ride
James McDonald
Australian based Waipā export James McDonald will represent New Zealand in next month’s Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong next month.
Remembering them
National RSA president Tony Hill, left, with Cambridge RSA president Graham Johns at Armistice Day 2025 in Cambridge
A small group gathered outside Cambridge Town Hall on Tuesday to commemorate Armistice Day. New Cambridge RSA president Graham Johns was joined by his predecessor, new national RSA president Tony Hill. Johns laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of all Cambridge veterans. Johns laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of all Cambridge veterans. A larger ceremony was held on Sunday and included Taupo MP Louise Upston and other dignitaries.
Cambridge RSA president Graham Johns lays a wreath on Armistice Day in Cambridge. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
Hill leads
Cambridge’s Tony Hill has been appointed national president of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA). His appointment was made at last week’s 109th NZRSA National Council in Wellington. During the year prior, Hill was one of two national NZRSA vice-presidents.
In liquidation
Auckland liquidators Steven Khov and Kieran Jones have been appointed for Tamahere-based Zane Beckett Construction and are appealing for any creditors to come forward before November 21 to make their claims. Beckett, who is a shareholder and director of several companies – including ZB Homes in Cambridge and Te Awamutu – told the liquidators the company had no assets and was unable to pay its debts as they fell due.
Projects funded
Waikato River Authority has awarded $5.7 million to 26 projects dedicated to protecting and restoring the health and well-being of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers and their catchments. The projects are wide-ranging from erosion control, riparian planting and geothermal ecosystem restoration to Waikato River education programmes for tamariki and a four-day waka journey.
Studs open
Cambridge Stud
Several Waikato studs will open their gates to the public during the first National Thoroughbred Week running from next Thursday (November 20) for five days. A total of 70 venues in Australia and New Zealand will offer access to stables, breeding farms and aftercare facilities for people who have booked. The list includes Cambridge and Trelawney studs.
Trelawney Stud
The voice
Mark Wright
Mark Wright is bringing his one man play Voice from Gallipoli to Cambridge. Wright wrote and directs the play and did his own costumes and props with no outside funding. He will be appearing tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday and Cambridge is his 17th venue.
