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11 January 2024 – 8.30pm Breaking News: Sacred Mountain wins the group three Flying Stakes Mobile Trot tonight at Cambridge Raceway with trainer Nicky Chilcott in the sulky. Good Local Media has been following the…

Bridge Housing, an initiative started by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust, opened on the outskirts of Cambridge last month with $4 million pumped into it by the trust. In the future there will be 60-70…

The 2023 Stragglers Rod and Kustom Charity Custom and Classic Car Display raised nearly $30,000 for charity, the highest annual total in the event’s 17-year history. The display, held last month, is New Zealand’s biggest…

The future of the 65-yearold Piarere Hall destroyed by fire last month will be decided after a repair estimate arrives next week. Crews from Tīrau, Matamata, Cambridge and Tokoroa battled a blaze which engulfed the…

When Peter and Robyn Carr moved to Cambridge it was a matter of convenience. By 2005 they had grown tired of the bustle of Auckland and decided it was time to move south to be…

Normally I resist departing from Cambridge. I’m happy in our small-town environment but the attraction of three married daughters and off-spring to the south demands a Yuletide pilgrimage. Not, you understand, of The Three Wise…

Grant Middlemiss’ late 2023 departure as president of the Cambridge Historical Society doesn’t suggest for a second that he is less inclined towards chronicling the history of this place. He plans to remain a member…

Many volcanoes we see in images, on the screen, and in person are enormous mountains. Some like the Tongariro Volcanic Complex and Ruapehu are so large that it’s best to train physically before attempting to…

Hundreds of patrons have been through Cambridge Museum since it reopened last month after the completion of seismic strengthening work in the historic old Courthouse building. Manager Elizabeth Harvey said between December 15 and Sunday,…