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Time to nominate Cambridge’s 2020 person of the year

It’s time once again for us to select the Cambridge News Person of the Year, and readers are being invited to send us their suggestions as to the person they think might be a worthy…

Dairy keeps Waipa’s economy running

The latest report from Wellington-based economists, Infometrics, says economic activity in the district has managed to “bounce back” in the September 2020 quarter. Waipā’s gross domestic product (GDP) was only 0.6 per cent lower than…

Rotary launches e-waste campaign

Rotary Cambridge has launched an innovative E-Waste Recycling programme that it hopes will take toxic waste out of landfills and educate people around the realities of recycling. Rotary members spent more than a year investigating…

Space: the photographic frontier

Cambridge photographer Lucy Rowden is searching for Cambridge’s secret spaces. She is working with Cambridge Museum to uncover spaces which were once seen by the community regularly – but not anymore. The Cambridge News uncovered…

Painter and potter combine

A rare exhibition featuring the work of two Cambridge-based artists – one a painter and the other a potter – will be open across two days later this month. ‘Just the Two of Us’ will…

From 9/11 to Covid: 25 years of heritage

The story of a boutique art gallery that grew from an acorn into an oak is being celebrated as Cambridge’s Heritage Gallery marks its quarter century. It was 25 years ago in early December that…

Altrusa eyes growth to combat difficult year

Like many similar organisations, Cambridge Altrusa Club is struggling to build membership against the Covid-19 fallout. President Maureen Blackstock said while Zoom meetings and online contact kept members connected during the most affected months, events…

Council after walk, ride directions on the future of Cambridge’s streets

During lockdown, we all walked or cycled from A to B. Imagine if we could park up our cars long-term and transform Waipā… Posted by Waipā District Council on Monday, November 16, 2020   A $9.5…

Darkness of family violence probed in November production

Cambridge residents Georgia Pollock and Sara Young are taking part in a Hamilton-based production this month that focuses on family violence. They have been cast in ‘hush: a verbatim play about family violence’, being presented…

Canines sweep Maungatautari

More than 20 dogs used by the Department of Conservation and their handlers have gone back to school last week. The teams are vital components in conservation work and, appropriately, gathered on Sunday for a…

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