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Armistice sculpture nearly underway

Ground is due to be broken at the site of the Le Quesnoy Memorial Sculpture in the next few weeks, with construction scheduled to start on the plinth to hold a six-metre high sculpture to…

Bond 25th at world champs

Cambridge cyclist Hamish Bond has wrapped up his campaign at the UCI Road World Championships, finishing 25th from 53 starters in the 52km individual time trial at the competition in Innsbruck, Austria, September 22 –…

Special kiwi released on maunga

The beginning of a journey for 500 kiwi started with one very special chick on October 1, coinciding with the start of Save the Kiwi Month. The eight-month-old Western Brown Kiwi chick, named Tahi, is…

Cricket and football under one roof

The Cambridge Junior Cricket Club, the largest of its kind in the Waikato, is working to accommodate Cambridge’s growing population by joining with the Cambridge Junior Football Club to share their facilities and fields. Planning…

Walker back to third in world

Cambridge’s BMX superstar Sarah Walker fought back from years of injury-laden adversity in Argentina over the weekend to finish on the podium at the UCI BMX World Cup. Sarah finished third in the penultimate round…

Karapiro kids on green mission

25 Year 3 students from Karapiro School headed along to Nick and Michelle Rolley’s farm on Luck At Last Rd on September 25 for a very special mission. The students were there to help with…

Mindfulness for kids

Cambridge kids have been getting the chance to learn the gentle art of mindfulness, with after school classes running at Cambridge Primary School. The initiative is the brainchild of local mum Rachel McAllister, who said…

Swimmer returns from Red Sea

Cambridge swimmer Hannah Blackwood had returned from the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship in Eilit, Israel with a 25th-place finish and some cool memories after representing New Zealand at the competition last month….

Dozens step out for senior citizens

More than 70 people turned out to the Cambridge Global Walk marking the International Day for Senior Citizens on Monday. Held at the Cambridge Raceway, representatives from several key organisations attended the 5th annual event…

Five times as cute

Ella Bailey from Momona Farm in Tirau sent us this picture of quintuplet lambs, born in early September. The chances of five lambs being born to the same ewe are more than a million to…

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