New hospital plan revealed

New hospital plan revealed

A surgical hospital where patients stay for up to 48 hours will form part of the new $150 million Cambridge Health Hub on Laurent Road. The hospital replaces what was to be a single-storey Rehabilitation…

Record number of new citizens

South Africans love it in Waipā; they must do because 52 of them swore allegiance to his Majesty the King of New Zealand at the latest citizenship ceremony. A record 108 new Kiwis agreed to…

A couple of heroes

A Cambridge couple have picked up awards as “unsung heroes” of the community for their volunteering work with young hockey players. Karen Hills and Mark Wood were surprised with the Give It Back Trust gong…

Council backs number cut

Waipā councillors have voted three of their colleagues out of a job in a move mayor Susan O’Regan says will result in better governance. But Roger Gordon, Philip Coles and Mike Pettit remain unconvinced and…

Navy band wows Cambridge

When Selu Fotu belted out Welcome Home backed by the Royal New Zealand Navy Band in the Cambridge Town Hall on Sunday, the tuba player could be forgiven for thinking it was for him. Petty…

Helping our guardian angels

Naomi Carter was 10 when she contacted the Coast Guard to help her father who was scuba diving and having trouble getting back on the family boat. So, it was a no brainer for her…

Sshhhh … school is out … but that’s news to the district council

The new Cambridge primary school which was to address the town’s burgeoning population and cater for children with special needs is on hold. The Education ministry made the announcement on its website on Friday –…

The two towers 

Battle lines have been drawn in Cambridge – one to see an under-threat water tower remain, the other to hear its 143-year-old church bells ringing again. Mary Anne Gill reports on Protecting their history. A…

What’s in the belfry?

Pigeons and their toxic poo have silenced the six bells in St Andrew’s Anglican Church belfry. One of the four kauri pillars holding up the bell tower at the historic white Cambridge church is rotten…

Zach’s timing is dead right

There is something about time travel which has always fascinated me and watching the St Peter’s School student-led movie The Case fed that interest. The 52-minute murder mystery film opens Friday at the school’s Thornton…