Presenting medals at the Olympic Games is something Sarah Walker has now got down pat – but emotions got the better of her when she put a gold medal around Dame Lisa Carrington’s neck on…
Presenting medals at the Olympic Games is something Sarah Walker has now got down pat – but emotions got the better of her when she put a gold medal around Dame Lisa Carrington’s neck on…
There’s something about pandas and kiwi which gets the creative juices going in children. The art on display in Cambridge Town Hall on the weekend as part of the Panda Meets Kiwi International Youth Art…
“Fantastic” was how 17-year-old Zach Clarke summed up the Cambridge Community Careers Expo, held at the town hall last week. “It’s great, there’s so many things here,” he said. “You’ve got everything I’m interested in,…
Cambridge’s Micah Wilkinson and sailing partner, Auckland’s Erica Dawson, picked up a bronze medal in the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event at the Paris Olympics. Wilkinson, 28, who helms, and Dawson, 30, have been competing…
Waipā District Council has put its representation review proposal out for public consultation. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill reports on what rural voters should consider. When Maungatautari ward councillor Mike Montgomerie voted for the Waipā…
I’m writing this week’s column against a backdrop of feeling troubled as I’ve wrestled over issues that plague today’s world. We live in seriously tempestuous times. It’s challenging attempting constructive comment on the plethora of…
Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust has let half of its mountain rangers go as Department of Conservation funding ended. Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain general manager Helen Hughes told The News the trust had lost seven of the…
This article differs from the print version and includes the Reserve Bank announcement yesterday cutting the official cash rate by 0.25 points to 5.25%. On August 5 the Japanese stock market had its biggest daily…
The Waipā council has inherited a “legacy of neglect” when it comes to the Cambridge Water Tower, says the man leading a community initiative to save the historic building. Peter Fulton who chairs the Save…
Devon Briggs has a message for the kids who used to bully him at primary school – who’s got the last laugh now? The 20-year-old psychology student is in Paris about to compete at the…
