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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cambridge Community House’s inaugural BBQ Breakfast for Tradies is likely to become a regular ‘Movember’ fixture. Movember is an annual series of fundraisers held nationwide to promote men’s health. The CCH event at the end…
This year has been the most successful for the annual Shoe Box Appeal, a fast-growing charitable initiative that sees rehomed greyhounds given a shoe box full of goodies for Christmas. Cambridge greyhound owner and advocate…
