Refurbishing old buildings can sometimes come with surprises and that is what has happened at the historic Cambridge Court House, now home to the Cambridge Museum. Waipā District Council property manager David Varcoe said while…
Refurbishing old buildings can sometimes come with surprises and that is what has happened at the historic Cambridge Court House, now home to the Cambridge Museum. Waipā District Council property manager David Varcoe said while…
The village of Matangi is now home to the fourth Romanian Orthodox church to be consecrated in New Zealand. St David’s Matangi, built in 1933 and formerly part of the St Francis Cooperating Parish of…
“It makes absolutely no sense to be bringing the age down two years… young adults wouldn’t have a clue who they would be voting for and wouldn’t understand the true concept of it all.” “People…
With our nation ramping up for a general election, as a citizen who loves this beautiful country, I have some concerns. What follows has a twofold purpose – as my weekly ‘Faith Column’ for Cambridge…
Stories abound of how a metal name plate or a coin in a wallet have saved the lives of soldiers. On July 31, 1917, Arthur Maddox Major’s wallet was a simple leather bifold. If offered…
A new ‘no parking on berms’ section in the draft Public Places Bylaw attracted most interest from submitters to Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week. Opinions were mixed with one saying…
Cambridge clubs Hautapu and Leamington will put aside traditional sporting rivalries to stage their annual Battle of the Bridge community day on September 16. This year’s event will take place at Memorial Park where members…
Early last month I promised to return to the traffic incursion that will be afforded by a new quarry at the southern end of Cambridge, This on dairy farmland (shame!) currently owned by a local…
Fourteen groups took part in the annual Te Oko Horoi festival at the Don Rowlands centre, Lake Karāpiro last Friday. The event was organised by Te Hunga Taikaakaa, a Māori student leadership group at Cambridge…
An ongoing dispute between an Ōhaupō lifestyler and a kiwifruit grower has escalated with the grower adding vertical black screens to the year-old six metre high wooden piles in Parallel Road despite claims it is…
