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Swimmers come out on top

The St Peter’s Swimming Club has good reason to consider itself one of the country’s best after finishing up 7th overall at the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships. The event over July 2 – 6…

Shooters dominate

Nine shooters from the Cambridge Miniature Rifle Club competed in the Waikato Open and Closed competition in Te Puke recently. The diverse group of guys and girls, from teens through to seniors – some of…

Expanded digitisation for Cambridge newspaper

Research into the stories of Cambridge has become significantly easier through the inclusion of more Waikato Independent material into the National Library’s collaborative digitisation programme, Papers Past. The newspaper – familiar to many as simply…

Young leaders welcome refugees

Twenty Kiwi teenagers from across the North Island, including one from Cambridge, have welcomed children from refugee backgrounds through a recent student-led holiday programme in Hamilton. The Refugee Orientation Centre (ROC) Trust partnered with Rimbrook…

Encouraging women into tech

An event in Auckland this week has been organised by Cambridge-based technology company Nyriad, along with She# (pronounced She Sharp), in an effort to give people – particularly young women – a taste of the…

Bastille Day ‘très bien’

Cambridge took on the colours of red, white and blue on Saturday, July 14, as the town celebrated Bonjour Bastille Day. Organised by the Cambridge Le Quesnoy committee each year, the French-themed day sees Cambridge…

No joy from Ministry on buses

The Ministry of Education is standing behind its ruling that Year 9 and 10 students in Leamington are ineligible for the bus to Cambridge High School, because the closest school they could enroll in is…

Inspirational journey to the podium

A truly inspiring local is proving the power of mind over body as she prepares to compete in the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Italy next month, just two years after an accident…

New chairman for local trust

Dr Lloyd Buscomb has decided that a steady hand on the wheel is the best way to go after picking up the Cambridge Health and Community Trust (CHCT) reins last month. The Cambridge chiropractor was…

Total luxury with grunt

Always keen to try new things, Cambridge News editor Claire Castle got to try out a new Volkswagen Amarok V6 Aventura for the weekend… I was excited to get to try out a ute –…

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