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Student honoured in Wellington

Paul Seideman was a Czech teenager in 1941 when he first suffered the horrors of the Auschwitz death camp, and later other concentration camps, during World War 2. Now approaching 90, he lives quietly at…

Church fair best yet

In a stark contrast to October’s soggy event, the sun shone down on St Andrew’s twice-yearly craft fair last Monday.  A fixture of the Cambridge calendar since 1996, the fair is held each Labour Day…

House blaze guts kitchen

The volunteer fire brigade was called out to a house fire on Robinson St just after 12.30am last Wednesday, arriving to find a Housing New Zealand house ablaze. Fortunately, the house was empty at the…

Cambridge Lions largest in NZ

The Cambridge Lions received some remarkable news last week – the group is currently the largest Lions club in the country. The local good sorts say it’s because of the Cambridge community that they’re able…

Busking their way to Uni

Heard the sound of drums in town recently? They may have sounded like bongos, but in fact it was a Cajón that could be heard throughout the CBD – a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from…

Community Te Reo course coming up

People of all ages keen to learn more about Māori culture and the basics of Te Reo are being invited to join the second community language course being held at the Cambridge Community Marae. Te…

Volunteering Waikato turns 25

Volunteering Waikato is marking 25 years of supporting the Waikato community this year, with more reason to celebrate as the past year has seen record numbers of volunteers. Established in Hamilton in 1993, the organisation…

Uniforms under the spotlight

A Cambridge High School student has launched an online survey, seeking feedback from the school community into the high school’s uniforms.  Charlie Else, in Year 12 this year, had received 179 responses to her survey…

Burglars target model trains

Members of the community have rallied behind the Cambridge Model Engineering Society after it was targeted by burglars four times in recent months. This week BTG Electrical stepped in to help the non-profit organisation following…

Saying goodbye to country haven

Peter and Eunice Martin have had a great 25 years on their rural property, but now it’s time for some new blood, they reckon.  It wasn’t an easy decision to make for the couple, who…

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