Hannah Glover has taken over the reins as community engagement officer for Neighbourhood Support Cambridge, moving into the role after spending the past three years on the front line of Violence Free Waipa. She becomes…
Hannah Glover has taken over the reins as community engagement officer for Neighbourhood Support Cambridge, moving into the role after spending the past three years on the front line of Violence Free Waipa. She becomes…
The Kids’ Lit Quiz regional final held at Southwell School recently saw students from Cambridge Middle School pull off an excellent result. Neve Keightley, Ellessa Sanson, Hazel Tocker and Aviv Rachmani placed second overall at…
Worn tyres have been linked to 32 fatal road crashes over the past three years, and the Motor Trade Association (MTA) has said that vehicle safety should be addressed as part of the draft Government…
Cambridge woman Angela* was the victim of workplace bullying, and it has had a profound impact on her mental and physical health, nearly bankrupting her in the process. Angela had been working for a multi-national…
Today, Friday 18 May, is Pink Shirt Day, designed to stop bullying and spread kindness across all areas of New Zealand society, including the workplace. Claire Castle caught up with Cambridge resident Allan Halse, a…
Two Cambridge midwives joined a protest of around 500 in Wellington recently, marching on Parliament to urge politicians to improve their pay and conditions. Jenny Baty-Myles and Yvonne Szabo donned purple garb and hoisted their…
A group of local women are keen to see what support there might be in Cambridge for the establishment of a leisure marching group for women. Marching, say De-ane Busby and Bev Maguren, provides a…
Memories of being burnt by a hot water bottle, which burst after being filled with boiling water, will likely never fade for 10-year-old Leamington schoolgirl Anna Crouchman. But almost a year on from the incident,…
This year’s Anzac Day ceremonies saw the end of firing parties in Cambridge and was the chance to award the man behind them, Merv Balloch, with a Community Service Award. While the public enjoyed the…
Anyone believing technology to be incompatible with ‘people of a certain age’ need only visit Leamington’s Rachel Sloan for a re-set. The newly-minted octogenarian – she turned 80 on April 30 – can’t get enough…
