Students pitch-in for mural

A team of eight Cambridge High School artists have brightened up the boards protecting the Stirling Sports shop frontage on Victoria Street. The clever students ranging from Year 9 to 13 created a depiction of…

Cambridge wakeboarder Morgan Haakma successfully defended her open women’s title for the first time at the New Zealand Wakeboarding National Champs held at Piarere over the weekend. The 22-year-old Cambridge resident was competing in the…

Many Cambridge residents will be enjoying some extra time off this long weekend as the much-anticipated Easter weekend arrives. Whether you’re enjoying a final beach getaway for the summer, or simply staying at home to…

Cambridge High School student Malaika Kilian was presented with a special certificate and jacket by the Waikato Institute of Leisure and Sport Studies on April 1, during Student Volunteer Week, for her volunteer work with…

Cyclists are gearing up for a highlight of the Cambridge cycling calendar – the 2019 Grassroots Trust Cambridge Cycling Festival. From three-year-olds on training wheels to elite world champions, cyclists of every age and ability…

MP Louise Upston met with Cambridge students recently to show them how they can get involved in Parliament. Visiting Year 9 students at St Peter’s School on March 29, the Taupo electorate MP demonstrated how…

One person has made a difference for young children in Cambridge, organising a collection of hundreds of Easter eggs for those who otherwise may not have received a chocolate egg this year. The kicker is,…

The St Peter’s Premier Girls Basketball team said their farewells this week as they departed for Greece on their first world championship excursion. The team will be the first female team from New Zealand to…

Nine fire crews from around the district were called to a fiery scene in Ohaupo recently when a bee apiary caught fire. The building was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived, and four tankers…

Shoppers have gone BYO rather than pay for plastic bags at supermarkets. Just a few months after supermarkets stopped handing out bags – and left shoppers with the option of bringing their own or paying…