Boxes of toys and activities intended to distract children caught up in challenging situations were presented last week to members of the Cambridge Police and Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. The ‘Distraction Packs for Tamariki’ were…
Boxes of toys and activities intended to distract children caught up in challenging situations were presented last week to members of the Cambridge Police and Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. The ‘Distraction Packs for Tamariki’ were…
When Youth Orchestra Waikato played in the Cambridge Town Hall recently, fortunately for everyone in the sell-out audience, the fire alarm did not go off. The noise inside the hall would have been overpowering, a…
Cambridge firefighters were able to celebrate the value of their work when Jerome Crawford called in to see them. Last October Cambridge crews were called to a serious crash at Mystery Creek where Jerome was…
Former Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest – a firm opponent of the Government’s Three waters proposal – remains unconvinced by the latest iteration of the plan. “I’m in the Chris Luxon camp,” he told The News….
Anzac Day preparations have been underway for months, both for the commemorative services on Tuesday and for a preceding Anzac Concert being held in the Cambridge Town Hall on Monday evening. The Anzac Concert, entitled…
Kevin Hanna and Nathan Smith have a huge surprise for members of a trust whose dream it was to restore the only photoplayer of its type left in New Zealand. The two men will fire…
Plans to resurrect Rangiaowhia as a world heritage site – and home to iwi again, have been unveiled. Labour MP Angela Roberts travelled north from her Taranaki base to meet iwi representatives at Kihikihi last…
Mystery surrounds why Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong left the stage midway through the opening of an international dragon boat festival in Cambridge last week, but sources say he took exception to the presence of the…
Dragon boat teams from 37 countries, including more than 2500 competitors who have or are battling breast cancer, were welcomed to Waipā in a moving Opening Ceremony for the international festival on Friday (April 14)….
Cambridge’s Supergran says she has been overwhelmed by support she has received since The News told readers how she had thwarted a ramraid. Supergran was on an early morning Easter Monday coffee run when she…
