Spreading the love around

Spreading the love around

Leamington’s Jumble Around charity op shop’s annual community funding round for 2019 involves a record sum for a record number of recipients. Almost $132,000 has been distributed to 104 Cambridge community groups, schools, sports clubs…

Smash, no grab.

Waipa District Council installed CCTV cameras in the Cambridge CBD last week – about the same time burglars struck at Oxfords Clothing on Duke St. Two CBD cameras were installed on Monday and Tuesday last…

Trees for Survival sparks student learning

Karapiro School students have been hands-on at a nearby farm learning about biodiversity, riparian planting and how to keep waterways clean as part of the Trees for Survival programme. The environmental education initiative as part…

Students working their way to Japan

A group of Cambridge High School students have been working their way towards a trip of a lifetime, fundraising for a school trip to Japan. Twenty two students, who all study Japanese at school, will…

Numbers up in cricket

Junior numbers enrolled for cricket in Cambridge have already passed last year’s record totals. Teams across Waikato will begin weekly Saturday games from October 26, and Friday night junior cricket at Victoria Square in Cambridge…

DIY sale returns

The Great DIY Sale is returning to Hautapu on October 20, giving residents a chance to divert would-be rubbish from landfill and repurpose building materials in their own DIY and construction projects. The ‘brain child’…

More kiwi for Maungatautari

Friday last week with the arrival of Tama Oha, a month-old Kiwi chick found in the wild in Taranaki and hatched at the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua. Named by Taranaki iwi Ngāti Tama, Tama…

Shrek production brings out the best

Junior students at St Peter’s School have spent the past few weeks perfecting their parts in the school’s 2019 youth production Shrek The Musical Jr. Running October 22 – 25, the show features a 73-strong…

Basketballer heals fast for national win

Maioro Barton has returned to the court better than ever after breaking his hand during the Whangarei round of the Northern League Wheelchair Basketball Champs in June. The Cambridge basketballer played on for a game…

Voting still open this Saturday

It’s now down to hours. Polls for the 2019 local body elections close across the country tomorrow – and voters who still want to have their say will have to use their feet to meet…