Richard Paul Mills might have died at home alone and unclaimed by family, but there was no way the Returned and Services Association (RSA) was going to let him go that way. So, the call…
Richard Paul Mills might have died at home alone and unclaimed by family, but there was no way the Returned and Services Association (RSA) was going to let him go that way. So, the call…
When it came to local body matters, he was a gamekeeper turned poacher. James Parlane, who died in a two-vehicle crash near Ōhaupō last Friday, was a former lawyer and Waipā district councillor who frequently…
In the 1950s, Charles Schulz created his enduring “Peanuts” comic strip with its memorable little entourage of characters. Schulz winsomely portrayed societal issues, a regular theme being the lack of kindness sometimes evidenced among children….
Number 13 may be unlucky in terms of mythology but for two Cambridge Golf Club members, hole 13 holds special memories. Paul Matthews and Paul Bartlett have both scored holes in one on the par…
Waipā supermarkets should be banned from selling alcohol, according to Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor. Taylor was responding to a proposal during a Local Alcohol Policy workshop last week to either…
Last week we were booked to attend a function in Wellington and elected to wrap a larger series of visits around the central core. With three married daughters in the greater Wellington area this is…
Tamahere school students learned firsthand what it was like for their counterparts 140 years ago when they celebrated the school’s birthday earlier this month. The school, now known as Tamahere Model Country School, had a…
Cambridge sprint cyclist Ellesse Andrews is grateful to the local community as she gears up for the Paris Olympic Games, which kick off on July 26. “Thank you, everyone, for all of your support,” she…
Cambridge Community Board members will hit the road to catch up with rural residents – but this time instead of visiting several country halls, they will go to just two. The first will be at…
Lauriston Park Retirement Village and St Peter’s Catholic School held Pink Ribbon fundraisers last week. Lauriston had a brunch with champagne to raise $3000 for the Breast Cancer Foundation’s research.
