Those involved in developing an ecological corridor linking Maungatautari to Mt Pirongia are renewing efforts to extend the project from its initial five-year timeline into the future. The Taiea te Taiao Ecological Corridor project launched…
A Waikato-based climate scientist says ‘no way’ should New Zealand pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. “It’s a nonsensical premise to even consider, and just clickbait from certain politicians to even raise…
The award-winning charity Kids in Need Waikato has announced plans for a new ownership structure to secure its future. It has launched The Legacy Project, a campaign aimed at moving from renting to purchasing its…
Cambridge Community House, struggling to meet increasing demand for its services, must replace the roof on one of its older buildings. The timing isn’t great, but it must be done and preferably by the end…
Music from the ‘40s and memories of the Battle of Britain are central to a concert on Sunday jointly featuring the Cambridge Brass Band and the Cambridge Little Big Band. The afternoon concert at the…
Another chance donation to the Cambridge Hospice Shop has given a decades-old item a new and timely purpose. When a well-thumbed scrapbook came in, nothing about the front cover and its picture of a rabbit…
Concerns around children’s vaping and addiction issues were among several raised with Taupō MP Louise Upston at last week’s Cambridge Friendly Forum. Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley told the forum the incidence of vaping…
Cambridge Middle School principal Daryl Gibbs has backed a call to tighten legislation around vaping but says his and many other intermediate-level schools had noticed a significant drop in vaping by students over the past…
The ‘I Am Me’ structured programme created in Cambridge to support women who are victim-survivors of family violence was introduced at a community forum in Te Awamutu last week. The programme pilot launched in Cambridge…
In his 40 years as sales manager for Winstone Wallboards, Cambridge’s David Philip drove an estimated three million kilometres in 32 company cars and spent over 2500 nights in hotels. What he failed to mention…
