Thieves steal lifesaver

Another AED (automated external defibrillator) has been stolen from a secure lockbox, this time at Horahora Road. The stolen AED is one of two installed on roadside driveways in September 2021 after residents, concerned at…

Three more AEDs – automated external defibrillators – have been placed in and around Cambridge – one at Unichem in Victoria Street, one at Roto-o-Rangi Hall, and one with the Cambridge Community Patrol. Heartsafe Cambridge…

Cambridge’s Bill Robinson will soon step into a pivotal Rotary International role that will have been two full years in the planning. On July 1 of 2021 and 2022 respectively, Bill was named Rotary’s District…

When St Andrew’s Church verger Ian Dunn got the go-ahead to hold a special craft fair on April 29 in support of the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, nothing could have prepared him for the response he…

Cambridge Altrusa Club members have moved fast to support a national office initiative aimed at helping children caught up in emergency situations. They are making up as many ‘Distraction Packs for Tamariki’ as possible, age-group…

A talk delivered in Cambridge last week inadvertently championed ‘the teacher effect’ as much as it did its central topic of ethical investing. Carey Church generated much interest with her address to the March U3A…

Thieves have jimmied open a cash box fixed to St Peter’s Catholic School’s sharing shed to steal the money inside. “It’s a real downer for us all,” said the school’s Room 4 teacher, Heidi Littlejohn….

Members of the Cambridge Lions Club are basking in success after winning the premier trophy naming them the top club in Lions District 202L for the year 2021-22. District 202L encompasses the Waikato, Bay of…

Cambridge lost no time in reaching out to help those most affected by last week’s Cyclone Gabrielle. Individuals, businesses and other groups and organisations moved swiftly to gather and send out items needed urgently for…

JACK ‘JOHN’ WATSON: 19.12.1941 – 4.1.2023   New Zealand’s polo playing community lost one of its finest sons when Cambridge-born John ‘Jack’ Watson died last month. For the past 34 years, he filled vital management roles…