Cambridge champion mare Sacred Mountain has a black mark next to her name after she misbehaved at Alexandra Park in Auckland on Friday night. Trainer Nicky Chilcott, driving the five-year-old in the Thames Members Handicap…
Cambridge champion mare Sacred Mountain has a black mark next to her name after she misbehaved at Alexandra Park in Auckland on Friday night. Trainer Nicky Chilcott, driving the five-year-old in the Thames Members Handicap…
The year 2023 is finishing with more gloomy economic news than good news. But I will start with the good news. Inflation is on the way down again globally and in New Zealand. House prices…
Ben Bonetti has registered himself as an individual artist with music distributor Distrokid, hoping to gain more exposure for his first solo single, Halcyon. “I love the song but it took me a while to…
Cambridge’s Boh Ritchie picked up two golds, a silver and the award for the top performing female athlete at the New Zealand Secondary Schools track, field and road championships in Christchurch. The St Peter’s School…
During my time working for the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program part of my job was gathering satellite images of volcanoes around the world and describing what they show. Looking at thousands of volcanoes during…
Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier will fly to China on Christmas Day to compete at the Nujiang Wildwater Canoeing International Open. “It’s a truly incredible opportunity, I couldn’t be more excited to compete,” said the 20-year-old,…
Waipā District Council revealed the size of a proposed rate increase last week. The News’ Mary Anne Gill, the only journalist who follows the council’s work, reflects on a process which enabled councillors to formulate…
2023 Person of the Year Shirlee Bennett loves seeing Kaipaki flourish. “If something needs doing, I do it. If something needs fixing, I fix it.” It’s the perfect summary – she’s passionate about family, and…
The year is drawing to an end and this is my last column for 2023. What a year we have had! I want to start again this week with some good news. An elderly local…
Cambridge Police have this week impounded four motorbikes belonging to members of the Greazy Dogs motorcycle gang, following two instances where gang members failed to stop for police. Police signalled gang members to stop on…
