Fundraisers go the distance

Cambridge Community House (CCH) is more than $6000 better off thanks to the efforts of two recent fundraisers – one by an individual and the other a group event. The more recent of the two…

Planning for the belated extension of the Waikato Expressway to the new Piarere roundabout is gaining pace. An animated flyover of the new road is now online. But it’s come at an emotional cost. The…

The message shared at last week’s Women’s Business Network luncheon put on by the Cambridge Business Chamber sounded loud and clear. In a world where international voices countering diversity and inclusion grow louder, women need…

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)…