A Waikato Thing

I first read Dr Janine Krippner’s column in this paper when I was thinking about making a podcast for the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. Janine’s ability to communicate the history and the science…

There is a memorial plaque at St Andrew’s Church which evokes powerful D-Day memories today. Look closely at the plaque dedicated to Maurice and Lucienne Vouzelaud in the French Garden on the grounds of St…

Number 13 may be unlucky in terms of mythology but for two Cambridge Golf Club members, hole 13 holds special memories. Paul Matthews and Paul Bartlett have both scored holes in one on the par…

Tamahere school students learned firsthand what it was like for their counterparts 140 years ago when they celebrated the school’s birthday earlier this month. The school, now known as Tamahere Model Country School, had a…

Cambridge BMX prodigy Lily Greenough, picked up silver in the junior women’s final at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in the United States on Sunday. The 16-year-old St Peter’s School student and Australian Teya…

The V8 Utes championship is on a knife edge heading into the conclusion of the season as a full field of V8 Utes do battle at the season decider tomorrow and Sunday at Hampton Downs….

Driving hard towards a dream No-one can say Cambridge born Jordan Woodall is not toiling hard to achieve his goal. The Cambridge Golf Club member spends 30-hours a week at a-part-time job at Cambridge Tyre…

Bicycle Revolution Cambridge is celebrating another successful festival, this one coinciding with Anzac Day. Hundreds of people came to town to be part of the annual event – now in its seventh year. The event…

Brett and Rachel Tutheridge’s daughter is enjoying the high life in New York – as a communications specialist. Gabrielle was born in Cambridge and comes back every year. Today she tells readers what she has…

Marcus and son Samuel Gower with Warwick and Cam Emmett got the opportunity to do the Outward Bound Leaps and Bounds eight day course through a generous scholarship from Outward Bound Trust and the Te…