Salvation Army food bank topped up

Salvation Army food bank topped up

The Cambridge Salvation Army collected over a thousand cans in this year’s Resene Hunger for Colour campaign. Now in its fifth year, the initiative encourages Kiwis to swap cans of food for paint test pots…

Ambassador marks women’s war efforts

Cambridge hosted the New Zealand Belgian Ambassador for the first time this week, with His Excellency Marc Mullie making a special presentation at Hautapu Cemetary. For their extensive fundraising efforts for Belgium during World War…

Cambridge Autumn Festival all-go

The Cambridge Autumn Festival is in full swing this week. Activities started on Friday with the Cambridge Can Dance event inside the Cambridge Town Hall, followed by the Main Street Carnival on Sunday where hundreds…

Maadi Cup on now

Over two thousand teenage athletes are racing across Lake Karapiro this week in the national secondary schools rowing championships, more famously known as Maadi Cup. A record 131 schools totalling 2,166 rowers are entered in…

What Now is what’s next for Sam

Sam Webb is living the dream after signing up as a junior reporter for the popular television programme What Now. The 12-year-old Cambridge resident, a sports and rugby fanatic, has already completed one report for…

Paddlers heading for world stage

Performance on the water for members of the NZ Men’s Kayak squad has improved tenfold since the canoe racing team moved to Cambridge at the start of last year. Now with their training base at…

Closure coming to Gaslight Theatre

If you’ve seen signs around town reading, “Gaslight Theatre: CLOSURE” – rest assured the local theatre is still alive and well. Closure is the name of the next show to hit the local stage, kicking…

Leamington fundraiser for Freshy

The Leamington Rugby Sports Club is putting on a special fundraiser for one of their players who was involved in a near-fatal traffic collision towards the end of last year. Matt Kennedy, or “Freshy” to…

Cambridge rowers earn 20 medals

St Peter’s School’s 77-strong team of rowers proved their worth at the 2019 North Island Secondary School Championships at Lake Karapiro over the weekend – winning the Derbyshire Shield for overall champion school with 61…

Bond back in the boat

Hamish Bond is switching back from bike to boat as he vies for selection into the New Zealand men’s eight crew. The double-Olympic gold rower has spent the past two years cycling at national and…