Card sharps emerged from their summer hiatus last week to enjoy the start of the new Cambridge Bridge Club year. With a barbecue meal behind them, some 60 club members filled 15 tables for the…
Card sharps emerged from their summer hiatus last week to enjoy the start of the new Cambridge Bridge Club year. With a barbecue meal behind them, some 60 club members filled 15 tables for the…
Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey will stand for a third term. “I definitely intend to stand for re-election in the North Waikato Constituency,” Storey told The News. The American dairy farmer was first elected…
Imagine being on the road for 47 years in your own adapted truck, bus or van. The Gypsy Fair, which spent the weekend in Cambridge at Memorial Park, has done precisely that and captivated towns…
The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition. Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and…
The post-Christmas credit crunch is showing in Waipā. Checks on the region’s foodbanks finds a consistent story – the demand for help continues to grow. The Cambridge Corps of the Salvation Army food bank report…
The winners are … To the victors, the spoils, the Zambian polo team, from left, Mary Jellis, Kayleigh Clayton, Nunu Henderson and captain Emily Paterson which beat New Zealand in Leamington last weekend. See: Polo,…
A raft of fresh faces could sit around the Waipā District Council table later this year following confirmation two long-standing elected members are getting out and others might follow. Andrew Brown and Bruce Thomas have…
A man whose photography has featured in The News, and who took first prize in the 2022 Autumn Festival photo competition died unexpectedly on December 29. Talented photographer Brian Holden died while pursuing another of…
Retired Waipā district councillor and longtime Cambridge Community Board supporter Judy Bannon has died. Her extensive experience with local body politics began over a decade ago. Even after she officially retired, she retained a strong…
When Linda Pennock booked into her accommodation in Cambridge at the weekend, the first thing she wanted to do was reunite with her old friend Diane Peach who she lost contact with 50 years ago….
