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Unplanned journeys for Chris and Debra

It seems thieves can’t resist fibreglass animals. They made off with Cambridge’s Chris the Calf and Auckland’s Debra the Zebra last week. Chris usually sits outside Vetora Cambridge during the day and is taken inside…

Volunteer work leads to QSM for Florence

Cambridge’s Florence Shearman is still buzzing after receiving her Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to seniors at Government House in Auckland last week. The long-time volunteer for the elderly was among the 2019 New…

Summer pavilion named for Lois

Theirs was a friendship founded on the pews of St Andrew’s Church and fuelled by a shared interest in real estate and antiques. Harcourts realtor Peter Fox-Worthington and Cambridge’s Lois Kitchingman became firm friends after…

Rent rise has pensioners complaining

Pensioners facing rent rise in Waipā are at odds with the district council over the amount they must pay – and how well their units are maintained. Weekly rent prices for the 129 pensioner housing…

Cambridge bands among the best at Rockquest

Nine young Cambridge musicians left the Clarence St Theatre still standing after figuratively ‘rocking the house down’ during the Smokefree Rockquest Waikato heats. Cambridge High School’s Betend Rocket, and two St Peter’s School groups made…

Jim’s on the mend

Jim Zheng could be home in a matter of weeks – but he will have to wait before he can return to work. Mr Zheng, 48, is in the process of making a remarkable recovery…

Food festival brings cultures together

Students at Cambridge High School revived a long-time school favourite last week – the Cambridge High School International Food Festival. The event hadn’t been held since 2016, but due to popular demand the school’s student…

Council working on bus situation

Waipa District Council says there is no intention to ban buses in the CBD after concerns around their mobility in town were discussed at the Cambridge growth strategy committee meeting on April 29. At that…

Health check for Cambridge businesses

Cambridge’s business sector has been advised to be more audacious and collaborative in shaping its future, ‘take the pulse’ of a changing consumer base, and plan now to head off a looming labour shortage. Those…

Redpath rewarded for musical dedication

Jack Redpath, winner of the Cambridge High School Ritchie Pickett Scholarship, is not your average music student. The dedicated saxophonist practices every day, sometimes several times a day. “Music is my greatest passion and if…

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