When Jack Middlemiss, a 10-year-old from Cambridge, spotted a boy struggling in the surf shortly before Christmas, his first thought was to help him. “I saw him struggling and knew I had to do something,…
When Jack Middlemiss, a 10-year-old from Cambridge, spotted a boy struggling in the surf shortly before Christmas, his first thought was to help him. “I saw him struggling and knew I had to do something,…
An adaptive tennis, squash and pickleball day at Cambridge Racquets Club last week provided plenty of action, laughter and community spirit. The club welcomed Parafed Waikato which supports and promotes sport and recreation for people…
They came for a battle, and left having exhausted themselves doing it. It was the battle of the schools at the Velodrome in Cambridge on Sunday with teams from Goodwood, Tamahere, Cambridge East, Cambridge Primary,…
Twenty-one charitable organisations and groups operating throughout the Waikato area have received funding from last year’s Cambridge Christmas Festival. A total of $33,511,67 was given out, with varying amounts going to each of the recipient…
He’s opted out of another term as a ward councillor – and even thought about resigning – but Mike Keir now wants the Waikato district mayoral chains. Jacqui Church has held them for the last…
When Jeff Woolford broke a wrist after going over the handlebars of his farm bike last year, his partner Lara Sutton stepped into his gumboots. “I would not have survived without her,” Woolford said. “It’s…
I’m back. After a six month hiatus working in Hamilton I have decided there is “no place like home” and I have returned to my substantive position as community constable for Te Awamutu. I particularly…
New Zealand Transport Agency says work on the northbound lane from Victoria Rd interchange in Cambridge to Tamahere proved the most challenging in terms of traffic management on Waikato Expressway ever. NZTA mitigated it through…
What a whopper Fine weather resulted in a good entry for the recent Lake Arapuni fishing competition and a number of trout weight in with 88 entries, 26 being juniors and 84 trout weighed in….
We don’t predict eruptions – we forecast them. I sigh every time a headline boldly claims that new research will allow us to predict volcanic eruption. The word predict implies precision: saying exactly what will…