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Teachers say ‘enough’

Cambridge primary and middle school teachers and principals took to the streets on Wednesday, part of a nationwide day of industrial action – the first time in 24 years, and just the third time in…

Community Careers Expo a hit

Students, teachers, parents and people from all walks of life strolled around the Cambridge Community Careers Expo held at the local raceway on August 8, checking out a huge range of career options and information…

Expressway shaping up

Cambridge people travelling to Hamilton can’t miss all the works happening around the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway at Tamahere. This is where Hamilton and the completed Cambridge sections join at the Southern Interchange….

Plastic free winner

Congratulations to the winner of our Plastic Free July competition, Myra Dost, who suggests totally refusing to use plastic bags, even as rubbish bin liners. “All bins are made out of plastic, they do not…

Big winner in performing arts

St Peter’s student Jack Dams has brought home a stack of trophies from the 2018 Tauranga Festival of Performing Arts competition held during the school holidays. The modest Year 9 student said it was fun…

Cookbook to cut waste

Waipa District Council has jumped on board with a national initiative to reduce food waste going to landfill. In Waipa around 26 per cent of what’s in household rubbish bags is food scraps.  Those bags…

2008-2018: Quite a decade for Cambridge

A single decade isn’t much across a town’s 150-year lifespan, but in Cambridge’s case, the years 2008 to 2018 have bordered on exceptional. Growth has become the buzzword of the day.  The population 10 years…

Cambridge Community Board update

Cambridge Community Board chairman Mike Pettit shares highlights from the board’s meeting earlier this month… It was fantastic to hear from seven residences at the recent public forum. Topics covered included Christmas decorations for the…

Tech event a hit

Nyriad’s women-in-tech event in Auckland last month proved to be a success, with a number of participants taking part. Held July 26 in conjunction with She#, the event aimed to encourage people, especially women, to…

Marking her 100th in style

Kathleen Marking was ceremonially clapped into her own 100th birthday party at Cambridge’s Moxon Centre on August 5. The crowd – made up of visiting family, friends and Selwyn St Andrew’s Village folk – was…

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