105… just luck says Les

The remarkable Leslie ‘Les’ Winslade QSM celebrated his 105th birthday last weekend, surrounded by family and friends, cards from luminaries and photographic memories of his life. When asked by The News how he had managed…

A detailed 1:24 replica of Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church is looking for a home. Roger Dean’s Lilliputian version of the iconic church has popped up in several places since he completed it in late 2017….

The Cambridge Resthaven Community Trust has appointed Michael Martin as its new chief executive. The appointment, which will be effective from December 1, was announced last week by Cambridge Resthaven Board chairman, Greg Liddy.   Martin…

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…