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Charitable work with bite…

Steph Dunsmore and Deb Espin-Scott have collected piles of dental hygiene products for families in need. Just before Easter, the Waipā real estate agents delivered hundreds of oral hygiene items to Busy Bees charity op-shop…

Te Tino Kōrero Superbible launched

The launch of Te Tino Kōrero, the first in the Superbible series of comics which tell the Bible story, was held at Tauwhare Gospel Chapel last Thursday. Interested parties from Auckland, Whanganui, and Te Puke…

Victory for Cambridge squash legend

Cambridge squash player Joelle King has won the Manchester Open for the second time in four years. The 33-year-old defeated England’s Sarah-Jane Perry in three straight sets on Monday (NZ time) and moves up to…

Pennants in the bag 

Cambridge won the Waikato women’s championship pennants title taking out the final of five rounds at Te Awamutu Golf Club on last Sunday. The celebrations continued after the golf with St Peter’s School student Suwanna…

New house leader lists targets 

Bolstering the pandemic fallout and ensuring the community knows where to find help are at the forefront of Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Byrne’s mind as she settles into her new job as manager at Cambridge Community House’s…

Education centre work starts, stops

The Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari education centre can be “game changing,” says lead educator Tali Jellyman. Jellyman gave The News an update on the sanctuary’s new education centre, about a month into the construction. The site…

Silver lining to Devon’s golds 

A superb performance in Brisbane last week by Waipā Para cyclist Devon Briggs has led to his selection with four others to compete at October’s 2022 UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships in France. At…

Easter messages

Father Leonard Danvers St. Peter’s Parish Cambridge In New Zealand we are fortunate in having ‘public holidays’ that allow us time to celebrate and reflect on important events and take a break from normal routines….

National BMX champions on track for world domination 

Since the day he was born, Luke Brooke-Smith has been driven to win. “Every single thing he’s done – anything you can think of, like first to tie his shoelace, first to put his shoes…

Medicine on the maunga

Eager minds are being introduced to rongoā, or Māori herbal medicine, using the flora on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. Rongoā rākau – an introduction to Māori herbal medicine, is taught by Maungatautari volunteer Ringi Morgan-Fifield. While…

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