Despite some lockdown-related challenges, this year’s Cambridge Christmas Cheer is on. Each year, the Cambridge Committee of Social Services (CCOSS) organises ‘Christmas Cheer’ for local families in need, and CCOSS chairperson Harriet Dixon is pleased it has the go-ahead. “It’s a…
Maria and Celso Baldo are a prime example of migrants making good in New Zealand. They’re the founders of Waipā’s Marcel and Sons Honey. Selling multiflora honey is their thing, but they also rear and sell queen bee cell or mated queen bees and offer…
An exhibition about to open at Tauwhare’s Sculpture Park will offer Waikato residents a chance to enjoy a rare lockdown event. ‘Stories in the Landscape 2021’ opens this weekend and runs to February 27. It…
A radical approach to boosting use of public transport by centralising funding and decision-making has been floated in an independent review of Waikato Regional Council’s service. The review recommends investigating having one organisation contracted…
By Deb Thurgood In my last column I spoke about supporting the wellbeing of our younger community members. Today I’d like to talk about those at the other end of the age spectrum. As Police…
An application to establish Cambridge’s ninth bottle store in Victoria Street has been reviewed by the District Licensing Committee and will go to a public hearing. Waipā Enforcement manager Karl Tutty said the council was working to confirm…
By Ricky Lam Cambridge based wakeboarder Morgan Haakma is helping with a fundraising campaign which aims to raise $200,000. It’s the second time Morgan has backed the “Show Me the Christmas Cookies” project which supports St. John, KidsCan, The…
Cambridge businesses say they have been threatened with closure by police if they take their trade outside. And the issue has prompted their MP, Louise Upston, to ask if “we have become a police state…
A Waipā-based charitable trust that works alongside disabled people so they can develop their skills and abilities has applauded sweeping changes in the disability sector. The government last week announced it would move disability funding…
By Deb Thurgood Is it just me or has November come around really quickly? This week I am writing on the topic of children’s wellbeing. As I write we have heard of the move to…
