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King’s Birthday honorees Brendan Lindsay – Knight companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Brendan Lindsay, owner of Cambridge Stud owner and long-time supporter of Te Arawhata – the Zealand Liberation Museum in Le…

Trust’s third donation for Lifeskills

Cambridge Lifeskills has received a welcome donation of $5000 – the third and final in a series of three equal annual donations from the Give It Back Charitable Trust. Trust members David Cooney, Lee Turner…

Hicks did it our way …

One Aucklander at the premiere of The Tavern in Cambridge summed it up with a smirk. “There’s a VTNZ in the background,” he said, lamenting the challenge of snapping a glamorous photo of the arriving…

One more move

Visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris to view the famous artworks on display will remain as an unforgettable memory for me. One painting hanging there, originally titled, “The Chess Players,” is the work of 19th…

The day the earth roared

What was the world’s most powerful earthquake like? In a word: devastating. On May 22, 1960 the Earth ruptured in southern Chile. The rupture raced along the fault at a velocity of 3.5 kilometres per…

Hautapu continue dominant run

Hautapu Sports posted a big 62-26 win against Fraser Tech in Waikato premier rugby on Saturday, while Te Awamutu Sports fell 17-10 to Morrinsville. The 10 tries to four drubbing took place in front of…

Time to study the form

Sleepy Hollow is slowly awakening to the thunderous interest of the upcoming triennial local body elections. Or is it (again) a quiet whisper that drifts by in October? Either way, once again, we are to…

Equine find in Town Hall

When a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system was installed in the Cambridge Town Hall recently, workers made a surprising discovery. Down in the bowels of the building were moulds for the horse and…

Sheryn tells her story

A speech describing society’s role in domestic abuse won second prize in the International Speech Competition in Rotorua recently. Cambridge Toastmaster Club president, Sheryn Dean, presented her speech entitled ‘Culture of Complicity’ at the Toastmaster…

Club hosts national event

New Zealand’s elite squash players are in Cambridge for the country’s prestigious three day national squash tournament starting tomorrow (Friday). The Cousins Shield for men, first played in 1948, and the Mitchell Cup for women,…

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