Eight years ago Ollie Norris, Samipeni Finau and Cam Roigard were part of a Cambridge St Peter’s School First XV team that won the national co-educational school rugby championship. In Dunedin next week, the school…
Eight years ago Ollie Norris, Samipeni Finau and Cam Roigard were part of a Cambridge St Peter’s School First XV team that won the national co-educational school rugby championship. In Dunedin next week, the school…
Cambridge’s Lois Ure has won the Unsung Hero Award with Volunteering Waikato. And there was a Waipā trifecta as Hazel Robertson, team leader Transport to Treatment Te Awamutu for Cancer Society Waikato/BOP was named runner…
After arriving in Cambridge as a ‘refugee’ from Auckland almost 25 years ago, I set about learning what I could about the history of Waikato and environs – my new home. Hours in our local…
After decades of determination, aroha, and community spirit, Cambridge’s marae stands prouder than ever — its new waharoa unveiled on Matariki morning, welcoming all who walk through its sacred threshold. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill…
On a misty Matariki morning, years of fundraising and hard work paid off for Cambridge’s Community Marae ‘Ngā Hau e Whā’ with the opening of its long awaited waharoa (main entranceway). The morning began cloaked…
A crash involving a truck and trailer carrying asbestos-contaminated material on the Waikato Expressway at Tamahere last week has raised safety concerns from Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid. The expressway was closed…
Plan approved Waipā District Council’s nine year Long Term Plan was approved last week and will result when adopted in a 15.5 per cent rates increase from July 1 and subsequent years of 10.7, 6.2,…
ACT Local has selected Andrew Pickford — a former international airline captain who now runs a family farm and local businesses — as its candidate for the Tamahere-Woodlands Ward of the Waikato District Council in…
A lot of the time on social media when there’s an incident involving the police I see myriad comments from the public about there being no police. For the next few weeks I thought I’d…
The insignia of King Edward VIII on a building is rare. He only reigned for 10 months. The former Cambridge Post Office – now Alpino – is one of them and thanks to some Scottish…