Taking care of fun

Steph Bell-Jenkins finds a school caretaker who is a class act. Wanted: creative caretaker who thinks like Peter Pan. We seek a resourceful person who is as comfortable cleaning toilets as they are constructing an…

Ben Bonetti has registered himself as an individual artist with music distributor Distrokid, hoping to gain more exposure for his first solo single, Halcyon. “I love the song but it took me a while to…

Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier will fly to China on Christmas Day to compete at the Nujiang Wildwater Canoeing International Open. “It’s a truly incredible opportunity, I couldn’t be more excited to compete,” said the 20-year-old,…

‘Life is like a runway and you’re the designer.’ That line from Choose Your Fighter – a song from the Barbie movie soundtrack – said it all for Madison Gibbs, Malikah Cummings, Ailsa Vipond and…

About 70 people gathered to celebrate the opening of Cambridge High School’s new classroom block on Monday. The $12.4 million S Block, constructed by Livingstone Building, adds 15 new classrooms to the Swayne Rd campus…

She was a tomboy with the soul of a dancer. At primary school, Carmel Howarth loved wearing gumboots and running wild outdoors. “I loved rugby but I wasn’t allowed to play because girls weren’t allowed…

Germinated in the fertile imaginations of the St Peter’s Catholic School community, a creative idea has blossomed into a colourful artwork. Principal Anita Asumadu is delighted with the school’s new garden mural, which capped off…

Toilet roll tossing, bouncy castles, pony rides and rolled ice creams made for a day “brimming with fun and excitement” as the community got behind Roto-o-Rangi School’s fun run and carnival recently, principal Wayne Donnellon…

Five Waipa cricketers were amongst a Waikato Valley team that took on Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty, Northland and Hamilton last week at the girls’ Northern Brave T20 Smash Youth Rangitahi tournament in Cambridge. “We…

Goodwood School students were startled to learn freshwater gold clams, first found locally at Bob’s Landing in May and now widespread in Lake Karāpiro, can produce up to 400 offspring a day, principal David Graham…