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Taking tech and recycling to a new generation

One year after Geoff Bentley started running a community workshop during Trash & Treasure Sundays, the Cambridge Repair Co-Op is fulfilling its brief while Geoff prepares to take his “recycle and re-use” mantra to a…

Millie’s remarkable innings

Millie McComb puts her remarkable age – an impressive 103 – down to good living, fresh vegetables, and a life spent without smoking or drinking alcohol. “I’ve never been sick in my life,” she said….

Salvation Army food bank topped up

The Cambridge Salvation Army collected over a thousand cans in this year’s Resene Hunger for Colour campaign. Now in its fifth year, the initiative encourages Kiwis to swap cans of food for paint test pots…

Ambassador marks women’s war efforts

Cambridge hosted the New Zealand Belgian Ambassador for the first time this week, with His Excellency Marc Mullie making a special presentation at Hautapu Cemetary. For their extensive fundraising efforts for Belgium during World War…

Reds set for new Northern League season

Cambridge Football Club’s Reds team are ready for their 2019 Northern League season after completing their pre-season campaign with a double header at Tauranga City United. The Reds headed over the Kaimai Ranges for their…

Cambridge Autumn Festival all-go

The Cambridge Autumn Festival is in full swing this week. Activities started on Friday with the Cambridge Can Dance event inside the Cambridge Town Hall, followed by the Main Street Carnival on Sunday where hundreds…

Maadi Cup on now

Over two thousand teenage athletes are racing across Lake Karapiro this week in the national secondary schools rowing championships, more famously known as Maadi Cup. A record 131 schools totalling 2,166 rowers are entered in…

What Now is what’s next for Sam

Sam Webb is living the dream after signing up as a junior reporter for the popular television programme What Now. The 12-year-old Cambridge resident, a sports and rugby fanatic, has already completed one report for…

Paddlers heading for world stage

Performance on the water for members of the NZ Men’s Kayak squad has improved tenfold since the canoe racing team moved to Cambridge at the start of last year. Now with their training base at…

Churches stand with New Zealand’s Muslim community

  In the wake of the March 15 terror attacks in Christchurch, Cambridge’s religious leaders have called on people to respect the common humanity of all. Speaking almost as one, they denounced the bigotry and…

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