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It is only when the list of Rosemary Hill’s contributions to Cambridge is laid out that the extent of her accomplishments is apparent. Her passing on February 28 at 94 has shone a light on…
It is only when the list of Rosemary Hill’s contributions to Cambridge is laid out that the extent of her accomplishments is apparent. Her passing on February 28 at 94 has shone a light on…
Youngsters from around the region enjoyed four hours of fun activities last Saturday at Te Awamutu Museum’s Tui & Tama Eco Expo. The Ecology Expo was the third held as part of the museum’s Tui…
Cyclists playing hard and fast with the road rules are getting up Colin Morley’s nose. The Cambridge motorist and leisure cyclist was driven to approach The News on Sunday, complaining about the behaviour of cyclists…
The short life of a Scottish soldier whose headstone was the first at Cambridge’s Hautapu Cemetery was honoured last month. Ensign Dugald Charles Edward S MacColl of the 3rd Waikato Militia Regiment died from illness…
The team at Ultimate Care Cambridge Oakdale in Leamington want to close the book on a Trans-Tasman mystery. They are looking for anyone who might be connected to an old red photograph album found during…
Monsignor David Bennett, pastor at Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic Church for 13 years before he took retirement, died earlier this month, aged 81. Not only was he Pastor Emeritus of St Peter’s Church in Cambridge,…
A model of the brakehead at the top of the Denniston Incline is moving today to Westport, where it will be donated to the ‘Friends of the Hill’ Museum. The Greater Waikato Railway Modellers (GWRM)…
Several months into his role as one of two national vice-presidents with the NZ Returned Services Association Cambridge’s James ‘Tony’ Hill MBE is contributing to guiding the organisation to better fit with today’s world. In…
Doris Vosper, known to many as ‘Dee’, was a transformative piano teacher in her day, a woman whose passion for music touched many people in and around Cambridge. DORIS ‘DEE’ VOSPER: 12.10.1929 – 30.1.2025 Her…
World Wetlands Day at Lake Rotopiko just south of Ōhaupō was an overwhelming success for its organisers, attracting close to 200 visitors in just four hours. The collaborative family day was held in alignment with…