Invaluable service at risk in Cambridge 

Invaluable service at risk in Cambridge 

A free service offering professional help to parents needing support with their babies and toddlers may have to close in Cambridge if more people don’t use it. The Hamilton-based Waikato Family Centre provides a free…

Cayden bounces back for lead role 

Cayden Buitendach’s elevation to head boy at Hamilton Boys’ High School is made more significant when held up against the gruelling battle he has been through. Just one football game in May last year left…

Businesses push for more clarity 

Clarity around Covid traffic light levels and timeframes, less confusion around mandates and financial support packages, and a call to open borders to international tourists as soon as possible – these were some of the…

Belated medals for four vets

More than half a century after they first enlisted, four Cambridge veterans have been presented with their New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) for service they saw in south-east Asia. Colin Parkinson, Sandy Sandford, Doug…

Urban miners celebrate

Rotarians, civic and business leaders gathered in Cambridge last week for a demonstration of the workings of Waipā Rotary’s enterprise, The Urban Miners, and to celebrate its recent big win. Run by Cambridge Rotary Club,…

New role for house chief 

Harriet Dixon has left the Cambridge Community House. She signed off in late January 20 and four days later started a new role as regional manager for Peke Waihanga, a specialist health provider focusing on…

Op-shop wants volunteers

Busy Bees Op Shop is marking a successful first year doing what it does best… on-selling donated items to help others in need. It opened last March, starting life as a pop-up store centred primarily…

Bring out your negs… 

A $350 Kobo Libra eReader package is up for grabs for all those engaging in one of Waipā District Libraries’ Heritage Month initiatives running through February. Anyone lending either Cambridge or Te Awamutu libraries their…

Firemen leave big boots to fill

A sizeable chunk of experience is departing the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade as two of its long-standing members retire. Don Weinberg and Andrew Goodwin have jointly amassed more than 66 years’ service with the brigade….

Memory cabinets help lead the way

A community project with distinctly Cambridge roots is helping Resthaven on Burns residents feel more at home. Each resident living with dementia or memory loss has been gifted a handcrafted memory cabinet in which to…