Waitomo Caves choir will host its first open day for this year at the end of the month at the Ōtorohanga Baptist church. And it is hoping to make up the needed balance of voices,…
Waitomo Caves choir will host its first open day for this year at the end of the month at the Ōtorohanga Baptist church. And it is hoping to make up the needed balance of voices,…
Some working dogs must retire due to age or injuries. Some just never were cut out for farm life. Paul Charman reports on what happens next. Retired Working Dogs was founded more than 10 years…
An active King Country huntaway named Puzzle injured his carpal (wrist) joint at work and had to have a plate put in. But being very engergetic he broke the plate so he was facing either…
“They’ve got her,” said the celebratory text message. It was sent by community constable Ryan Fleming to CommSafe community safety officer Mandy Merson at the climax of a half hour drama that played out over…
Following the recent decision by the board of Waikato’s economic development agency Te Waka to wind up its operations, the Waikato Regional Council (WRC) has been giving consideration to what role it can play as…
Waka Kotahi – the New Zealand Transport Agency – is set to start renewal work over almost a quarter of the 220km long road between Piarere and the Waiouru. And it will involve compacting what…
Presenting medals at the Olympic Games is something Sarah Walker has now got down pat – but emotions got the better of her when she put a gold medal around Dame Lisa Carrington’s neck on…
There’s something about pandas and kiwi which gets the creative juices going in children. The art on display in Cambridge Town Hall on the weekend as part of the Panda Meets Kiwi International Youth Art…
“Fantastic” was how 17-year-old Zach Clarke summed up the Cambridge Community Careers Expo, held at the town hall last week. “It’s great, there’s so many things here,” he said. “You’ve got everything I’m interested in,…
Cambridge’s Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson, 30, have been competing…
