Farewell to June – Part thistle, part spice

Dr June Fisk’s farewell gathering at one of her favourite haunts marked the end of a life of service to the Cambridge community. By all accounts, she didn’t like funerals.  Her only child, Auckland eye…

Ten-year-old Ava Maxwell and high-flying Waikato paratriathlete Shannon Cleave share more than just spunky tenacity and a sense of humour. They both have albinism, a genetically inherited condition affecting roughly one in 17,000 New Zealanders….

Preparations for this year’s Cambridge Garden Festival are well underway despite the winter chill, with the 2019 charitable event set down for Sunday, November 24. Twelve gardens will be on show this time around, with…

One of Cambridge’s well-known veterans, Ray Moncur, turned 100 on June 7. He marked the occasion with several special gatherings, more cake than he could eat, and the stated gratitude of a gentleman to all…

Cambridge’s PostShop is moving most of its postal operations into the local Paper Plus outlet from July 4. From that date, all postal services, with the exception of postboxes and courier pick-ups, will be available…

Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic School marked National Catholic Schools Day on May 28 in the style it knows best – celebrating faith alongside loads of fun. This time, however, there was an interesting twist. School…

An initiative designed to teach Vanuatu women sewing skills and help them lead more independent lives has just won an international award for the Cambridge Altrusa Club for the second consecutive year. The club’s Threads…

Another annual concert featuring the ever-popular Mosaic Waikato Modern Choir is set to charm local audiences next month. The two performances at Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church on Saturday June 15 will comprise a short one-hour…

Cambridge Grey Power president Val Massey says the changes the Government is making for seniors through its Wellbeing Budget include some which have long been advocated by Grey Power New Zealand. An announcement made at…

Fifteen Cambridge High School students joined several hundred others in Hamilton and thousands around the country who took part in the May 24 climate change strike. The first student strike for climate change awareness was…