Like many similar organisations, Cambridge Altrusa Club is struggling to build membership against the Covid-19 fallout. President Maureen Blackstock said while Zoom meetings and online contact kept members connected during the most affected months, events…
During lockdown, we all walked or cycled from A to B. Imagine if we could park up our cars long-term and transform Waipā… Posted by Waipā District Council on Monday, November 16, 2020 A $9.5…
Cambridge residents Georgia Pollock and Sara Young are taking part in a Hamilton-based production this month that focuses on family violence. They have been cast in ‘hush: a verbatim play about family violence’, being presented…
More than 20 dogs used by the Department of Conservation and their handlers have gone back to school last week. The teams are vital components in conservation work and, appropriately, gathered on Sunday for a…
White Ribbon Day itself, November 25, will be marked in Cambridge with a stall set up outside Cambridge PaperPlus in Victoria St. The anti-violence initiative will continue on Saturday November 28 with a ‘Walk in…
The team at Cambridge Police station was treated to a special morning tea last week, delivered with a hearty dollop of thanks from The Give It Back Charitable Trust. Three members of the five-member Trust…
Thirty-five flax plants have been replanted at Lake Ruatuna as part of a project to establish a nursery for the sought-after weaving material. The flax, from 11 different varieties, are significant to Māori weavers and…
Fonterra has gone into bat for one of New Zealand’s two native land mammals. Long-tailed bats (pekapeka) are ‘nationally critical’ – the same status as the Kākapo – and are found in several spots around…
More than 500 visitors attended Spring Sheep Milk Company’s open day at its Tauwhare Road farm this month. The day was designed to give the public and prospective sheep milk farmers an insight into the…
Police are often on the receiving end of suggestions they are not there when needed – and Facebook warriors frequently take to their keyboards rather than the telephone to report crime. We look at a…
