Esteemed Canterbury musician Dwayne Bloomfield was here last weekend for the Cambridge Brass Band’s final full practice before leaving for France. The Cambridge Auxilliary Band, which includes 17 players under age 18 together with some…
Esteemed Canterbury musician Dwayne Bloomfield was here last weekend for the Cambridge Brass Band’s final full practice before leaving for France. The Cambridge Auxilliary Band, which includes 17 players under age 18 together with some…
John Andersen’s kaleidoscope of tools, thousands of bottles and other items gathered over the past 60 years reflects much more than just six decades of enthusiastic collecting. They are a shapshot of memories held dear…
Mike Pettit, chairman of the Cambridge Community Board, recently shared an update from their latest meeting (abridged). The CCB has asked council to look at putting chain-link fencing on the corner of Duke and Victoria Sts outside…
Poppy Wortman caught up with a team doing their bit to recycle waste recently… It was seeing the amount of waste leaving their building sites that inspired Jono McCullough. “I thought, ‘We really need to…
The new eel fishing year kicked off on October 1, with catch limit changes coming into effect following a public consultation in July. The review of North Island eel sustainability by Fisheries New Zealand asked…
The biannual St Andrew’s Giant Craft & Collectable Fair coming up this Labour Day is set to be the biggest yet, with founder and organiser Ian Dunn confirming a total of 114 stalls this year….
Model train lovers are in for a treat this Labour Weekend. The Greater Waikato Railway Modellers, in association with Castle Pamela and Tirau Primary School, is staging a model railway exhibition in the Castle’s great…
Cambridge hairdressing apprentice Courtney Hale has just been named as one of the New Zealand Hair and Beauty Industry Training Organisation’s apprentices of the year, one of just four in the country. Courtney, a Year…
Hundreds of locals were told recently that they should present their SuperGold Card at every opportunity – both to take advantage of the discounts offered at participating outlets, and to encourage more businesses to join…
The highest bridge on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway opened to traffic on October 5. The 18.8m high Kay Rd Bridge provides a key connection to Hamilton’s north-east suburbs. Other bridges are typically…
