More fun on the run

More fun on the run

The annual Waipā Fun Run organised by Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic School is attracting a growing number of out-of-region participants. This year’s family fun walk and run event, which has Cambridge News as one of…

Eight Ball: it’s talk, not chalk

Members of the Eight Ball Group are used to being quizzed on the origins of their name. The reason has more to do with physiology than pool, it seems, because the four men who started…

Celtic start to Heritage Month

Waipā District Libraries launched its annual Heritage Month last week with a talk on New Zealanders who have Scottish and Irish blood coursing through their veins. ‘Southern Celts’ was hosted at Cambridge Library by Celine…

Covid’s disabling sting

Disappearing work contracts spell tough times for disability employment agencies.  Viv Posselt talks to one of them, Achievement House in Cambridge. Achievement House is feeling the post-Covid pinch as a drop in the number of…

Santa scheme continues

Cambridge Altrusa’s inaugural December ‘Santa to a Senior’ initiative enjoyed such success that it is already firmly fixed on the club’s 2024 programme. One of the project’s organisers, club member Alison Burr, described the response…

Paint brushes and pedals … a colourful life

Richard John Horner:  11.8.1941 – 5.12.2023 Richard Horner, who died in Cambridge last month, was a widely-respected landscape artist whose work graced the walls of homes around the world. Marion Hunt, past-president and current vice-president…

Youngsters shine at Mt Smart

A 27-strong team of youngsters aged seven to 14 years represented Cambridge Athletic Club at the North Island Colgate Games in Auckland earlier this month. The January 5-6 games, held at Mount Smart Stadium, are…

Passed, president and future…

Grant Middlemiss’ late 2023 departure as president of the Cambridge Historical Society doesn’t suggest for a second that he is less inclined towards chronicling the history of this place. He plans to remain a member…

Paul’s on the money

2023 Person of the Year   Paul Walker – the ultra-unassuming winner of this year’s Te Awamutu News Person of the Year award. If you want to get a kid to do something, dangle the…

Strong support for a senior moment

Public response to the inaugural ‘Santa to a Senior’ initiative launched last month has knocked the Christmas stockings off its organisers, the Cambridge Altrusa Club. The project is intended to brighten the lives of seniors…