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Finding a reason for living

Our culture’s fixation with physical health, diet, nutrition and fitness has assumed such priority. Fair enough, if it’s kept in balance. A massive industry with ‘influencers’ and gurus has emerged expounding lists of things claimed…

The State of the Nation

As the weeks rush by we hurtle towards a national election. There is huge unrest politically, socially and economically and the various (can they be trusted) polls all have a material common theme with Labour…

Blue light gets active

Blue Light is flashing in Cambridge with plans to get young people on a national leadership voyage. The charity organisation, which has been supporting youth programmes across the country for 35 years, was established in…

Sister act on stage at Riverlea

Playbox Theatre’s Fantastic Mr Fox is a first for Nicole and Hayley Sherwin. The sisters are students at St Peter’s School and while they enjoy school productions, Playbox is on a whole different level, they…

Measuring up for The Globe

Cambridge High School drama student Hamilton Kay has been given his dream shot after winning a place in the 2023 National Shakespeare Schools Production. “I was extremely happy when I found out; it was an…

Plenty of netball action

There was plenty of action at the Cambridge Netball Centre on Saturday where players put their bodies on the line and battled to keep their footing in slippery conditions.

‘Summer’ in Hautapu

Evan Cram loves rugby so much he’s spending what would be his summer holidays in Atlanta playing down under for Hautapu. The 17-year-old halfback made his debut for the Colts as a substitute in their…

Inside a disaster zone

Our regular columnist Janine Krippner reports from the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in Canary Islands. In the past four days I have seen more destruction and loss than across…

Locals to the fore at Jockey Club

Torrential rain in Tauranga during the week forced the transfer of racing on Saturday to the Cambridge synthetic track and locals made the most of the change in venue. With more rain forecast in the…

Foster on watch at Hautapu

The presence of All Blacks coach Ian Foster at the Hautapu-Hamilton Old Boys premiership match at Memorial Park in Cambridge on Saturday might have added some extra spice to the game but he was there…

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