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Val was an RSA trailblazer

Talk to anyone about Val Brett and you’ll find she was known as particularly diligent and organised, an irrepressibly ‘no-nonsense’ contributor to her community. What is probably less known is the fact that Val, who…

School bands star in Sydney

Cambridge High School’s Concert Band and Jazz Band have returned from the Australian International Music Festival in Sydney with outstanding results. The Concert Band received a Silver Award, while the Jazz Band earned a prestigious…

Norm shares the powers

There is much more to nonagenarian Norm Frew than his fetching silver-fox style. The 93-year-old has become the first Cambridge Resthaven resident to take up the facility’s EV car-sharing option.  Every now and then he…

Sound advice from Nick

Audiologist Nick Jones provided a most welcome message for parents when he visited Cambridge in a mobile clinic this week. “Parents have a lot of fears and uncertainty if their child has hearing problems, including…

Sunday train date set

Approval has been given for the first Te Huia Sunday service between Waikato and Auckland stations. The passenger service will leave Frankton in Hamilton on the afternoon of July 27 for a three and a…

Fredd’s winning formula down to Schumacher

Fredd Briggs and his wife Dee had to consider Michael Schumacher when choosing the right townhouse at Ryman’s Patrick Hogan Village in Cambridge. Fredd and Dee Briggs may have moved into a village named after…

Merger calls grow

It’s a tale of two councils – Waipā and Waitomo. One ranks third-highest in the country for rate increases at 15.5 per cent, while the other sits near the bottom at just 2.91 per cent….

A temporary booking?

Cambridge Library is bursting at the seams but a vacant building may offer the community hub space the public have been calling for, writes Mary Anne Gill. A solution for Cambridge Library’s space woes may…

News in brief

Birthday teed up Cambridge Golf Club will celebrate its 125th anniversary over two days later this year and is recognising past members of the club who have represented the province and country. Cambridge is Waikato’s…

News in brief

It stops again ….. 15 July 2025 Clock fails again Cambridge’s Town Clock is back up and running after a power outage over the weekend caused the weights to run to the end of their…

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