Cambridge residents Georgia Pollock and Sara Young are taking part in a Hamilton-based production this month that focuses on family violence. They have been cast in ‘hush: a verbatim play about family violence’, being presented…
Cambridge residents Georgia Pollock and Sara Young are taking part in a Hamilton-based production this month that focuses on family violence. They have been cast in ‘hush: a verbatim play about family violence’, being presented…
More than 20 dogs used by the Department of Conservation and their handlers have gone back to school last week. The teams are vital components in conservation work and, appropriately, gathered on Sunday for a…
White Ribbon Day itself, November 25, will be marked in Cambridge with a stall set up outside Cambridge PaperPlus in Victoria St. The anti-violence initiative will continue on Saturday November 28 with a ‘Walk in…
That was the case at Cambridge High last week when Silver Fern Monica Falkner spent a morning putting 16 students through their paces in the school’s main gym. Falkner, who recently made an impressive recovery…
Thirty-five flax plants have been replanted at Lake Ruatuna as part of a project to establish a nursery for the sought-after weaving material. The flax, from 11 different varieties, are significant to Māori weavers and…
Fonterra has gone into bat for one of New Zealand’s two native land mammals. Long-tailed bats (pekapeka) are ‘nationally critical’ – the same status as the Kākapo – and are found in several spots around…
More than 500 visitors attended Spring Sheep Milk Company’s open day at its Tauwhare Road farm this month. The day was designed to give the public and prospective sheep milk farmers an insight into the…
About 50 youngsters from two regional schools spent a morning earlier this month preparing supportive Christmas messages for children living in less fortunate circumstances. The students from Hamilton’s Knighton Normal School, and Korakonui School on…
Destination Cambridge marked 20 years of service to both locals and visitors on November 5 with an evening celebration in the town hall. Close on 100 people gathered to acknowledge the work laid down by…
Few people in Cambridge wouldn’t know Julie Epps … the go-to person for multiple events, the organisational ‘whiz kid’ always sporting a wide, welcoming smile. Julie’s abilities were given broader recognition earlier this month when…
