Beard takes governor’s role

Warren Beard from the Cambridge Lions Club has been appointed district governor elect for Lions District 202L. Beard’s term will begin in  July and he succeeds Te Kūiti’s Louise Fielder. A total of 58 Lions…

Roger Dean’s 1:24 model of St Andrew’s Church in Cambridge will soon have a new home. The model, which has had several homes in the nine years since it was completed in 2017, will take…

Cambridge High School principal Greg Thornton is going home. Thornton, who joined the school from an overseas posting in 2019, will join Rangitoto College next term as principal. He began his teaching career there. “I…

Judy Browne wanted help to keep Cambridge beautiful and she has got it. Browne, 75, who recently established Keep Cambridge Beautiful, collected a bag of rubbish between the footpath and the hedge near the Velodrome…

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 took part in the event starting at Victoria Square. “Current…

Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan will deliver a monthly report to Cambridge Community Board after responding to  push back from fellow councillor Pip Kempthorne. Kempthorne asked: “I know you’re questioning us on a monthly briefing,…

Waipā’s district plan will be swept away in local government reforms, councillors have heard in a workshop. Cambridge ward councillor Roger Gordon asked who planning authority would sit with if the district plan was withdrawn….

Judy Browne wants to keep Cambridge beautiful and is asking Waipā District Council for help. Browne, 75, recently established Keep Cambridge Beautiful and spoke at Cambridge Community Board’s February meeting where she asked it to…

The public will be invited to have their say in May on whether a plan change should be allowed that will see nearly 1250 homes built on nearly 100 hectares on the south-eastern edge of…

Waipā District Council is being urged to get the balance right and remember Cambridge’s bricks and mortar stores as it reviews permitted hours of trading for mobile traders at Victoria Square. Mobile traders are concerned…