By Luke East Eight decades ago Cambridge’s very own Home Guard was protecting their patch from Nazi tyranny. The Cambridge Home Guard was formed in July 1940, following the example of the 1.5 million Brits…
By Luke East Eight decades ago Cambridge’s very own Home Guard was protecting their patch from Nazi tyranny. The Cambridge Home Guard was formed in July 1940, following the example of the 1.5 million Brits…
After five years as Cambridge Museum manager, Kathryn Parsons has left to take up an appointment in Hamilton. She will take up a role this month as research librarian for Hamilton City Library’s Heritage Collection….
Whenever someone asked Cambridge High School library manager Glenys Bichan for some historical information about their time at the school, she would head to a “Harry Potter” like cupboard and begin the mammoth effort to…
A track and crossing below the Victoria ‘High Level’ bridge was damaged during heavy rainfall on December 28. Waipā District Council says it was unaware of any other damage caused by the storm and would…
The Karāpiro camping ground was a popular place for holidaymakers during the holiday break and site manager Liz Stolwyk says the busiest day came on January 2. Roger and Jo Blunt, who live on the…
’Twas the season to be tagging, and dumping. The News camera found it easy to pick up evidence of festive season fly tipping and graffiti over the holiday break. Taggers took to the fence around…
If you are the one people always looks to for help or advice, have highly-tuned problem solving skills and communicate well, then Cambridge needs you. Volunteers operate the Cambridge Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Alpha Street from Monday to…
A new bottle store will open in Cambridge’s Victoria Street, but it will not look like a liquor outlet from the outside. The Waipā District Licensing Committee gave permission to an off-licence application on December…
When the Hospice Waikato retail managers in Cambridge and Te Awamutu arrived to start the new year raising much-needed funds for palliative care, quite different scenes welcomed them. In Cambridge Justine Webb-Elliott saw lots of…
Reopening the northern entrance to the country’s largest ecological island on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari will have huge economic benefits for the Waipā economy. It is already a significant domestic tourism attraction because of its ancient…
