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Now it’s… Coke couture

Heidi Caesar was sweating as she stepped out in front of a hyped crowd of senior students, microphone in hand. “I could walk in my underwear and I couldn’t care less, but it’s talking to…

Diwali brings closer ties

The colourful Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali filled the Cambridge Town Hall last week when around 140 people enjoyed an evening of Indian food, dance and culture. The event was organised by Idea…

Clocking up miles for moles

The Lions Cancer Trust Project’s free mobile screening vehicle paid its first visit to the Waikato and King Country this month. The six-tonne melanoma and skin cancer detection vehicle provides people with access to detection…

Deputy for principal’s post

Cambridge Middle School deputy principal Bridget Watkins will become Te Awamutu Intermediate’s new principal at the beginning of 2026. For the dedicated educator, it’s a move full of both excitement and sadness. “I love the…

Teddy gets a shock

A plethora of teddies and other soft toys were ‘brought back to life’ recently when St John’s Shocktober CPR Challenge came to Cambridge for the first time. What was dubbed ‘Cambridge’s Great Teddy Rescue’ landed…

Gibbs takes advocacy role

Getting more counsellors into schools to combat ballooning student anxiety rates is a priority for Daryl Gibbs, following his election as president of the New Zealand Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools. “For a number…

Lodge gives gift of music

Three budding musicians studying in Cambridge have been presented with scholarships to encourage and advance their tuition. Aurora Daniels-Coleman, Keira Holden and Phaedra Rye, all students with Ignite Arts Academy, are recipients of a $5000…

Sanctuary battles back

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is working towards breaking even this financial year. Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust, which operates the world’s largest predator proof fence at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari near Cambridge, made an operating loss of $34,000…

Making a Beeline for the buses

A school holiday initiative by Waikato Regional Council that tripled bus patronage has been such a success it’s set to return. Council transport staff are also looking to collaborate with Waikato-King Country communities on other…

Perchance to dream

Two Cambridge High School students are preparing for the trip of a lifetime to London’s Globe Theatre, after being invited to join a young Shakespeare company. Aspen Gooch and Evelyn Winter, both 17 and in…

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