Waikato Regional Council recently confirmed its proposed Annual Plan budget. Thanks to a lot of good work by our chief executive and his staff, careful consideration by councillors and following a series of workshops with…
Waikato Regional Council recently confirmed its proposed Annual Plan budget. Thanks to a lot of good work by our chief executive and his staff, careful consideration by councillors and following a series of workshops with…
No longer just learning the ropes, Rylee Ward will be hoping to have the competition over a barrel during the annual Rural Games in Feilding next month. The rodeo star, now based in Cambridge having…
Doris Vosper, known to many as ‘Dee’, was a transformative piano teacher in her day, a woman whose passion for music touched many people in and around Cambridge. DORIS ‘DEE’ VOSPER: 12.10.1929 – 30.1.2025 Her…
Olympic Games double gold medallist, Ellesse Andrews set a world record, while the kiwi endurance riders dominated on the final day of the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Brisbane. The Cambridge-based sprint cyclist set…
Concert pianist Michael Houstoun and blues singer-songwriter Hammond Gamble have been confirmed for next month’s Cambridge Autumn Festival. The pair will perform on consecutive nights at The Woolshed in Te Awa Lifecare Village. This will…
Ngāhinapōuri’s Dean ‘Weka’ Fullerton was part of the New Zealand polo team beaten 11-9 by England at Mystery Creek Polo Club recently. The curtain raiser saw match John Paul Clarkin Bayleys team…
They call them destination playgrounds for a reason, people want to go there. These premium places cater for the wider community not just children in the immediate neighbourhood offering more than just physical activity and…
I’ve been watching some tenacious tomatoes growing in our vegetable patch. Among a crop of normal tomatoes spreading up against trellis on a wooden paling fence, a few have grown very weird. They must have…
Help is on the horizon for local teachers desperate for more resources to support students with special learning needs. Education minister Erica Stanford, who visited Cambridge Middle School and Goodwood School on Friday, says teachers…
A 34-page memo from Delivery Performance manager Sherryn Paterson in an open forum last week helped Waipā councillors decide a seven council regional organisation was the better option for the district. Her memo was also…
