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Christmas labour of love

Christmas comes all year round for members of the Cambridge Christmas Festival, who have been working their crafting magic ready for next week’s festival at the Town Hall. Meeting every Tuesday at the band hall…

Cricket all-go at new venue

The Cambridge Junior Cricket Club is back into full swing for the year with summer cricket starting up in November at their new premises on Vogel St. October saw the club move under the same…

Cambridge Christmas cheer for others

It may seem a bit on the early side to be thinking about Christmas, but the Cambridge Committee of Social Services (CCOSS) is well underway with organising its Christmas Cheer, an annual initiative to help…

Waikato Kidz Kartz

Cambridge horsewoman Jordyn Bublitz continued her family’s passion when she achieved a cup week double by taking out the Templeton Medical NZ Cup Prelude and the Westview/Catch Driver NZ Kidz Kartz Trotting Cup last week….

Sister Cities – what’s the cost?

The Waipā District Council has spent more than $113,000 on Cambridge’s sister city relationships with Bihoro in Japan and Le Quesnoy in France in the past 12 years. The recent $150,000 contribution to the museum…

Deerly beloved

Sitting on 227 hectares just out of Cambridge, the Raroa Red Deer Stud has been producing venison, velvet and trophy deer for the past 30 years. At the helm for 21 of those years is…

Parade fun for all

There will be black nose sheep at the Santa Parade on Sunday, but no blackface floats, according to Destination Cambridge CEO Miff McDiarmid. There will be no confederate flags either, with none of the expected…

Starship fundraising wrapped up

Kate Pridham, a young girl who has spent the year fundraising for Starship Hospital with the help of her mum Rachel, brother George and best friend Indi Kardas, drew the winner of a long-awaited fundraising…

Summer football in full swing

The winter season may have finished but Cambridge football fans have plenty of action to watch as summer nears. About 400 spectators saw a national league double header at John Kerkhof Park last Sunday when…

Bandmates and soulmates

Jean and John Hargreaves are possibly the most embedded band members anywhere in New Zealand. They have been part of the Cambridge Brass Band for a staggering 71 years, and as long-time band patrons, neither…

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