Every little bite counts

Far from being the stuff of nightmares, the leeches being bred in the Waikato on New Zealand’s only leech farm are highly valued medical miracles. Viv Posselt investigates. Maria and Robert Lupton have been breeding…

Pirongia School’s stompingly-good jump jammers  won big at this month’s Jump Jam Nationals in Tauranga. Soon after winning the Year 7-8 Strictly Open division, the school’s ‘Bewitching Pirongia’ team heard it had scored the highest…

The setting up of this year’s Christmas tree marking the start of the Cambridge Altrusa Club’s second ‘Santa to a Senior’ was done in town on Saturday. Club members spent a few hours decorating the…

A new piece of interactive technology designed with diversional therapy and loads of enjoyment in mind is delighting residents at Cambridge Resthaven’s two care centres. The award-winning Omi Vista mobile interactive system has been in…

The Cambridge Lions Club has celebrated the hard work done by their Leos over the past year. The support given to Lions by their junior members was praised at the recent end-of-year prizegiving evening held…

As RSAs around the country prepare to mark Armistice Day on November 11, one 105-year-old with links to Te Awamutu will be sifting through her own wartime memories. Armistice Day relates to the ending of…

Organisers of the Te Awamutu Rose Society’s 60th anniversary spring rose show hope a new generation of enthusiasts will grow from this year’s 339 exhibitors. The November 1-3 show at the Te Awamutu Rugby Sports…

A group of Rotarians from District 9930 – which incorporates the heart of the North Island – travelled by train to Auckland to mark World Polio Day on October 24. Dressed in red ‘End Polio…

Gerry Wake admitted to being slightly overwhelmed at the start of his 100th birthday celebrations. His October 25 centennial started with a small gathering in the billiard room at Te Awa Lifecare, Gerry’s home for…

The benefits of advanced genetic research in identifying disease pathways and developing treatments was outlined at a recent talk in Cambridge. New Zealand geneticist Professor Russell Snell’s talk to Cambridge U3A focused on trials being…