Contemporary society’s downward spiral into becoming more secularised and humanistic, has triggered lots of inevitable consequences. Notably, fewer people identify nowadays as ‘religious’. A weird irony is that with Christianity being the originating source for…
Ōhaupō Rugby Sports Club held their annual calf rearers’ day in Ngāhinapōuri last month a great initiative to raise funds to help keep the club running in the summer months. The day was well attended…
Plenty of theories have arisen as to why “Howard Wolowitz” from the Big Bang Theory was in the Waipā on November 30. American actor and comedian Simon Helberg, and fictional aerospace engineer/astronaut, fittingly dined at…
1pm 11 December Statement from Maritime NZ Maritime NZ, the organisation responsible for the regulatory oversight of vessels on the water including those involved in emergency response, has provided advice to brigades about entering their…
Cambridge cycleways have contributed to the town’s congestion, the council’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee has heard. Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte FitzPatrick wrote to last week’s committee to comment on the Cambridge Connections Transport…
Last week I made the trek up to Auckland for the Geoscience Society of New Zealand annual conference and I’ll share a glimpse into how these events help science across Aotearoa. Conferences are a place…
Waipā District Council is planning to turn social media comments back on in order to collect community feedback on its reset Cambridge Connections Transport Plan. Responding to a question from Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte…
A councillor who described the reset of Waipā District Council’s Cambridge Connections Transport Plan as a patch up has been reminded that he is now a “decision maker”. The council’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee…
Cambridge turned on a blue-sky Sunday as more than 1900 tamariki descended on St Peter’s School for the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon. Children aged 6 to 15 splashed, pedalled and ran their hearts out at…
Frustrated firefighters have complained to Cambridge Community Board that speed humps are impacting on emergency response times. Chief fire officer Dennis Hunt called for a re-evaluation of all of the speed humps in the town…
