Racing Minister Winston Peters has called New Zealand’s first synthetic racetrack the chance of a lifetime after his first look at it. The deputy Prime Minister was joined by New Zealand First MP Clayton…
Racing Minister Winston Peters has called New Zealand’s first synthetic racetrack the chance of a lifetime after his first look at it. The deputy Prime Minister was joined by New Zealand First MP Clayton…
A Cambridge man was surrounded by his family when he discovered he had won $1 million with Lotto First Division. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was attending a family gathering…
Victoria was a bridge too far for Cambridge’s Lisa Payne. Last week as she drove daughter Ruby over Victoria Bridge to school from Leamington when she ran out of fuel. “I wasn’t even halfway…
Moving to Cambridge from Denmark earlier this year was a dream come true for New Zealand-born Kelly Pacheco, but the dream rapidly turned into a nightmare when her husband and oldest daughter were prevented…
Tamahere’s Kelly Johnson is one of the YWCA’s inaugural Y25 wāhine toa – warrior women – of 2020. The initiative aims to support young women doing big things in their respective fields. Being…
Reel talk – Cambridge’s Tivoli Cinema remains the only Waikato cinema to have reopened since the country shifted to Covid-19 Alert Level 2. But, a government announcement this week increasing the size limit on…
During lockdown, Cambridge High School principal Greg Thornton began his commute to work by walking down his hallway to his son’s bedroom. From this makeshift “office,” Thornton directed the school’s Covid-19 response, recording video…
Cambridge is answering the kindness call in spades, with offers of help pouring in to cover an extended period of hardship. As lockdown started, Waipa District Councillor and long-time Cambridge resident Philip Coles joined others…
Ask not for whom the bell tolls in Cambridge – because since the start of lockdown the answer has been for no one. But now thanks to a group of Council parks and reserves team…
If you ask Murray Smith about it, he’s a little reticent. “It’s a bit of a sad ‘claim to fame’ really isn’t it? I just really love giraffes.” And there’s your hint as to what…
