Destination Cambridge, the town’s long-standing information organisation, has officially dissolved. At a meeting held on Friday, members voted to wind up the 25-year-old incorporated society and donate its estimated $155,000 in surplus assets to the…
Monday’s removal of the knitted treasures decorating trees in Cambridge and Leamington marked the closure of Cambridge Creative Fibre 2025 and the end of one of the town’s most colourful few weeks. The outdoor display…
Smoking is not allowed in the Cambridge Town Hall, but two hard-case tea cosies got away with it last week. That was because their faces – and cigarettes – were hand-knitted out of millspun acrylic…
Have you ever wondered where some of the unusual expressions we often use in everyday language originated? Here’s a handful to illustrate my point… Turn a blind eye, Crocodile tears, Resting on laurels, Paint the town…
A celebration took place recently in the Waikids Daystay Unit at Waikato Hospital as 9-year-old Grace Laurence became the first patient to ring the new milestone bell, marking the end of her cancer treatment. This…
Waipa District Council has recently confirmed that this year’s rate increase will be a staggering 15.5 per cent. Their 10-year plan also projects the rate increases for the next two years will be 10.7 per…
Joan Grice has lived a life that reads like an adventure novel. At 99, she effortlessly reels off stories of skydiving, white-water rafting, climbing Mt Ruapehu, and even visiting Antarctica. The word daredevil springs to…
As the tv advert says, this week it’s all about Cars! Cars! Cars! I am pleased to be healthy again and back on board this week. What wasn’t so good however, was to come back…
A public workshop gave Waipā District councillors an opportunity to tell their side of the Blue Blob story last week and reflect on the fallout from a disastrous public drop-in session. Independent facilitator Anne Pattillo…
Fix it, please It is to be hoped the vandals who took it upon themselves to paint the pillars of our Town Hall recently have sufficient knowledge to put the damage right. What an opportunity…
