Artists celebrated at expo
This month’s Art Alive Expo mounted by the Cambridge Society of Arts saw several of the society’s 90 members exhibiting for the first time. The exhibition was held across three days in the…
This month’s Art Alive Expo mounted by the Cambridge Society of Arts saw several of the society’s 90 members exhibiting for the first time. The exhibition was held across three days in the…
Archbishop Emeritus Sir David Moxon was among around 100 guests who last week celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Metlifecare St Andrew’s in Cambridge. Speaking at the Moxon Centre, the newest building in…
The colourful Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali filled the Cambridge Town Hall last week when around 140 people enjoyed an evening of Indian food, dance and culture. The event was organised by Idea…
A plethora of teddies and other soft toys were ‘brought back to life’ recently when St John’s Shocktober CPR Challenge came to Cambridge for the first time. What was dubbed ‘Cambridge’s Great Teddy Rescue’ landed…
Three budding musicians studying in Cambridge have been presented with scholarships to encourage and advance their tuition. Aurora Daniels-Coleman, Keira Holden and Phaedra Rye, all students with Ignite Arts Academy, are recipients of a $5000…
Cambridge’s Jumble Around op-shop has done it again. It has broken all previous records with its 2025 distribution, having just handed out $220,000 to 97 not-for-profit organisations and groups in the Cambridge area. Last year,…
Roger Gordon was at Mike Pettit’s election party when he got the call telling him he had been successful in retaining his Waipā District Council Cambridge ward seat. After throwing his arms in the air…
An emotional Mike Pettit took a tearful moment to gather his thoughts before announcing his win to supporters this afternoon. Standing high on a box, his back to the open doors of the Gillies St…
Ian Hughes’ legacy to Cambridge earned high praise at a farewell marking his retirement after 15 years with the Cambridge Safer Community Charitable Trust, most of those spent as chairman. The Trust, which operates the…
One of New Zealand’s leading brain research scientists, Sir Richard Faull, told a Cambridge audience last week that he was ‘over the moon’ at news of a breakthrough in the treatment of Huntington’s disease. Speaking…
