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Ethical fashion show highlights industry exploitation

Every time we shop, we have a vote. It’s a vote that you make more than every three years. That was one of the messages at the weekend’s ethical fashion show in Cambridge.  Statistics on…

Ducks doing well with Mother Goose

A woman in Whitehall is making a difference for local wildlife, recently saving a clutch of ducklings whose mother had been hit by a car. “Their mother and two of them had unfortunately just been…

Waikato team give their all in 2017 Roller Mills

Ten provincial rugby teams played their collective hearts out at last week’s 2017 NRM National Roller Mills Rugby Tournament, most of it held at St Peter’s School, Cambridge. Finals day on Sunday ended with Auckland…

Pups on the run

  The Cambridge Raceway went barking-mad on Sunday when Pooch Racing 2017 got underway. Over 350 people and 189 dogs gathered for the annual event, which raises money for Assistance Dogs NZ while also giving…

Telford team wrap up international superbike campaign

The local Telford Racing team competing in the Italian National Trophy 1000 Superbike Championship have wrapped up their international campaign with a 16th place finish in the grand finale. It’s been a long road for…

Town not pretty enough

Cambridge’s beauty and excellence was not recognised at the Keep New Zealand Beautiful awards on Friday night, Fielding instead took the title as the country’s most beautiful large town for the 16th time. It was…

Tamahere rates increase makes way for top-of-line park

Residents in Tamahere have opted for a top-of-the line sports and recreation park following a survey carried out in July by Waikato District Council. The survey asked locals whether they wanted basic or enhanced facilities…

First place for Cambridge rider

Cambridge’s Andrea Kewish was thrilled to come away from the Show Jumping Amateur Rider Series at Equidays with a first-place finish on Sunday. Riding her horse Spring Fling, she finished the first round against 30…

Homegrown initiative changing lives

Cambridge businesses have gotten behind a local organisation that aims to get Kiwis into sport. Thomas Nabbs, founder of the Waterboy, grew up in Cambridge and started his fledgling charity work here.  With a strong…

Six months in a leaky building

Despite the massive construction effort underway, life goes on for yoga studio owner Sarah MacDonald and the other tenants at 60 Victoria Street. The plastic-wrapped building dominates the main street, with most people under the…

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