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Life in our sister cities

On the Rue Victorien Cantineu, just out of Cambridge’s “Sister City” Le Quesnoy, a recently pitched makeshift banner reads “Merci a Nos Heros. Aidez-les, restez chez vous.” The translation is “Thanks to our [medical] heroes….

We’re sticking with you

Today we celebrate the third of our “lockdown” News editions with a pledge to continue to keep you informed and entertained, through thick and thin. Keep an eye out for this front page. The Cambridge…

The return of Super Ted

A Waipā couple has taken the national teddy bear hunt happening during lockdown to new heights. About four metres high to be exact. For those lucky enough to be close enough in their ‘bubble’ to…

Super (market) heroes

Pratiksha Patel is exhausted after working up to 18 hours a day through the Covid-19 crisis, but she and her husband Krishnaa are determined to continue serving their community. The couple bought Cambridge’s Red Berry…

Essentially, Pooh is just a gas

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” It’s fitting Winnie the Pooh said that because he has been exemplifying that very sentiment in an effort to brighten people’s days during…

A dog’s tale, river style

Man’s best friend has been reunited with, well, his best friend. Some quick thinking from those aboard the passing Camjet jet boat tour saved a dog from drowning in the Waikato River after it fell…

Gloria has bags of time

They may be called Boomerang Bags, but Cambridge’s Gloria Scott doesn’t do it because she expects anything back. “I just enjoy the creative process,” she said. Gloria has been a member of Plastic Free Cambridge…

School Centenary Delayed A Year

Celebrations to mark fact Te Miro School is 100 this year have been postponed following Government directives around efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. The Te Miro School and District Centenary committee had…

Seeing The Positives

“Every day you can choose to get out of bed and be positive.” Given what Cambridge’s Jan Nesbit has been through, that statement is profound. Just over a decade ago, Jan was diagnosed with Cone-rod…

399 Straws For A Guinness

One of these could well have been the last straw. The last straw which – pending official confirmation – will soon see Cambridge become home to its latest world record holder. On Sunday, Anatole Ivanow…

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