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Recycling – it’s all for one

The bad news is that your milk bottle tops, and millions of other blue caps, are going to landfill. The good news is that a standardised kerbside recycling programme launched across the country this week…

It’s Supermac at the double

Cambridge jockey James McDonald successfully crossed the Tasman to take out the two big races at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland at the weekend. The expat, now based in Sydney, won the TAB Karaka Millions two…

Open Homes

Woops, we published the wrong Open Home listings in the Cambridge News this week. Our apologies. You can download the Open Homes list here, print the list from our website below or click on the…

Fasten your seatbelts please

Writing opinion pieces for a growing stable of local newspapers became even grander this week – so congratulations David Mackenzie and team for your southern spread to the King Country. In a recent article the…

The struggle for significance

I walked by a mother getting her children out of a car, in town ages ago.  One little girl stared then began yelling excitedly as she pointed at me, “Mum! Mmumm it’s him! It’s him……

A place for mistakes

Today I made a mistake. I had just completed a comprehensive first aid course before heading out for more field work. I have done first aid training before including outdoors first aid, training in Australia…

Santa scheme continues

Cambridge Altrusa’s inaugural December ‘Santa to a Senior’ initiative enjoyed such success that it is already firmly fixed on the club’s 2024 programme. One of the project’s organisers, club member Alison Burr, described the response…

Garlic fine, says company

Auckland based pet food company Butch has defended the use of garlic in one of its products for dogs, saying the level used presents no risk. The News reader Emile Valkenborg raised the issue before…

A strange case of shoplifting

Shoplifting allegations against now resigned Green MP Golriz Ghahraman reignited memories for senior writer Mary Anne Gill. She writes of a simpler time when she saw a shoplifting incident. My first job out of high…

Chamber’s timely update

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce members are among those questioning the decision to repair the town’s clock while the district awaits a major rate increase. A tongue in cheek post from the Chamber – which asked…

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