Tower’s platform comes down

Tower’s platform comes down

Steel has been removed from Cambridge Water Tower’s exterior. Pigeons were among the curious as Te Awamutu contractors Phillip McGough took off the corroded outer ladder and walkway first installed in 1902 and used by…

School push will continue

The couple behind plans to open a charter school in Cambridge have not given up on their plans following an announcement they are not among the latest to get the government’s green light. Maxine and…

‘It’s truly magnificent’

They say Ōhaupō’s new stables match anything in Kentucky. Mary Anne Gill checks out Breckon Farm. A Waikato horse breeding legend has described Breckon Farm’s new state of the art complex in Ōhaupō as   “world…

Double decker delight

Electric double decker buses were out and about in Waipā last week as drivers trained on them in preparation for their debut on the Cambridge and Te Awamutu routes. Passengers on the Cambridge 20 and…

Taking sanctuary

Sunday’s Cambridge Christmas Parade had only just got underway, but it was all too much for Toma Taute, pulled in a cart by Norma Taute, as part of the Sanctuary Mountain float. Not that Toma…

They really do know it’s Christmas

It was just what the community needed –  a Christmas Parade with lots of happy, smiling faces, despite the steady rain. Mary Anne Gill was there with her camera and wrote about the day. Pop…

Old building, new service

An historically significant Karāpiro building has been given a new lease of life by a Waipā sporting family. Olympic rower and rowing coach Mike Rodger, wife Robin Aylett, son Shem Rodger – a former professional…

Legacy with a purpose

Barbara Fisher keeps her emotions in check as she talks about the thousands of dollars she and fellow Lyceum House members gave away last month. It is the legacy from a group of women who…

Rain, who cares? Christmas Parade a cracker

The Cambridge Christmas Parade went ahead today at 2pm with steady rain which eased off during the event giving the hundreds of people who packed the streets the opportunity to see all 51 floats, the…

Designed with maunga in mind

Through Antanas Procuta’s well-trained eyes, Cambridge is an architectural masterpiece. Speaking at the Cambridge Historical Society’s annual meeting last week on The Pattern of Cambridge: An Architectural and Urban Design Perspective, Procuta acknowledged the town’s…