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AED boost for charity

The delivery of an AED to Kids in Need Waikato will provide a reassuring cushion of safety, says the group’s founder Linda Roil. The AED (artificial external defibrillator) was donated by the Cambridge Rotary Club….

On a road to recovery

Cambridge retailers have weathered the toughest year since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). But the coming of warmer spring weather has seen a slight lift in foot traffic, according to Chamber of Commerce chief executive…

It’s back to the world of clay

When former Heritage Gallery owner Sandra Webb retired after 27 years, Cambridge knew she wouldn’t disappear for long. She was known as much for her enjoyment of people as for her art, so it was…

From bad to worse

At 9:35 am on November 1 1755, the people of Lisbon, Portugal experienced between six and nine minutes of ground shaking. A fault had ruptured offshore Portugal in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, causing the event…

Advice on how to bridge a gap

Waipā councillors have been told they need to be both brave and right when choosing where to bridge the Waikato River. Gray Matter director and civil transportation engineer Alasdair Gray, who managed the building of…

At last: It’s done and dusted

For nearly three years it’s been a stretch of road festooned with hundreds of orange cones and lengthy delays for motorists. Now Cambridge Road – between Hugo Shaw Road and the new roundabout, complete with…

New RSA chief sets course

Just days into his appointment as new Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association national president, Cambridge’s Tony Hill has signalled a ‘back to basics’ approach that will centre on an expectation around behaviour and broaden…

Nearer than you think…

A cold unpleasant night greeted my arrival in suburban Paris. Walking up the steps from the deserted dimly lit underground Paris Métro to the street above, I re-read directions for ‘La Rue’ where I had…

Par-tee like it’s 1900

Bev McLean loves organising events and her latest one – the Cambridge Golf Club 125th anniversary – was another success. Everything went to plan except for the downpour that struck the 90 golfers early in…

Another tax on the table?

At last, a political party in New Zealand has been brave enough to include a capital gains tax in its policy platform. The United Kingdom has had one since 1965, Canada since 1971, Australia since…

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