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The story of Geoffrey Challies

Wartime tales from Le Quesnoy, Cambridge’s sister city, include this one – which recounts a conversation with the late Miriam Farrell. A pipe and sister town connection keeps memory of “gentle kind man” alive. A photo captures howitzer…

News in brief

Arrest following serious Matangi assault Police have this morning arrested and charged a man following a serious assault in Marychurch Road, Mātangi over the weekend. Inspector Andrea McBeth, Hamilton City Area Commander says a 24-year-old…

The many faces of Kevin Shaw

‘Kevie’s last party’ at a packed Cambridge Raceway on Saturday was exactly the send-off Kevin ‘Kevie’ Shaw wanted… a farewell without the weight of sadness, a party rather than a funeral. The man they described…

By gum St Peter’s is 90

Celebrations marking St Peter’s School’s 90th year have started. Oxford scholar Arthur Francis Brooks Broadhurst scoured the globe for 10 years to find the perfect site for his boys’ preparatory school, which he opened on…

Christmas spirit applauded

Organisations and groups that supported last year’s Cambridge Social Services Christmas Cheer initiative were presented with certificates last week during a morning tea. Christmas Cheer committee member and administrator at Cambridge Community House, Amy Watkins,…

Forum missed Māori angle

Waikato University has been criticised by Waipā District Council chief executive Steph O’Sullivan for failing to acknowledge the Māori Queen’s recent Economic Forum at its own event last month. Writing in an exclusive column for…

Heading back to the future

Cambridge High School principal Greg Thornton is going home. Thornton, who joined the school from an overseas posting in 2019, will join Rangitoto College next term as principal. He began his teaching career there. “I…

It’s in the bag…Judy gets help

Judy Browne wanted help to keep Cambridge beautiful and she has got it. Browne, 75, who recently established Keep Cambridge Beautiful, collected a bag of rubbish between the footpath and the hedge near the Velodrome…

News in brief

Information sought on serious assault, Matangi Police investigating a serious assault in Matangi are asking the public for help in identifying the offenders. Two people were trying to speak to the occupants in a dark-coloured…

No quarter given …

Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan will deliver a monthly report to Cambridge Community Board after responding to  push back from fellow councillor Pip Kempthorne. Kempthorne asked: “I know you’re questioning us on a monthly briefing,…

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