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Young athlete amongst NZ’s best

A Cambridge student has smashed the North Island Secondary School athletics record for the under 16 400m sprint, running it in 54.69 seconds – a rare achievement for high school runners. Her outstanding time now…

Cambridge encouraged to fundraise for Camp Quality

Camp Quality is encouraging Cambridge residents, along with Kiwis across the country, to plan their own special fundraising event or activity to help the organisation support the nation’s youngest patients living with cancer. The non-profit…

Leamington seven-time Top School

Leamington Primary School has come out on top by a massive margin as the Waikato’s “Top School”. They earned the title convincingly at the Battle of the Schools event hosted by Te Kowhai School on…

Students have their say with MP

Cambridge High School students were reminded that their voices do count when they attended a Youth Advisory Board meeting in Tokoroa recently. The meeting on April 5 saw students from Cambridge, South Waikato and Taupo…

Getting protection

It is the most important thing a parent can do for a child. That’s how Cambridge registered nurse Lyn Schofield views immunisation. Against what medical authorities say are bogus links to Alzheimer’s disease and autism, Kayla…

Another notch in belt for softballer

Daniel de Jong has returned from a whirlwind trip in Australia, competing in the New South Whales U14 International Challenge in Sydney. It was quite the achievement for the now-14 year old, not only representing…

Nurses’ tyres slashed

District nurse Denise Weatherby started her day on Monday discovering that all of the Waikato DHB staff cars based at a Shakespeare St address had been slashed. Used by the Cambridge team of district nurses…

Reds among early pacemakers for title

Cambridge are among the early pacesetters to challenge for football’s Northern League second division title. With a quarter of their programme completed, the Reds are showing they have the talent – and a new-found resilience…

Community board wins once again

The Cambridge Community Board has done it again – winning another top accolade. The organisation won top honours at the Sister Cities New Zealand Awards in Palmerston North on March 23, winning both the Supreme…

Business awards open to all

Entries to the 2019 Waipa Networks Business Awards were officially opened with a special event launch on April 4. “The Chamber is delighted at the attendance and interest to date in the 2019 Awards programme,”…

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