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Artists band together for exhibition

A team of Cambridge artists are banding together to form their own exhibition. Henriette Mathiesen, a hairdresser in Cambridge, started out painting as a hobby. The paintings sparked conversation after hanging a few up in…

Local to feature in global art exhibition

Faith Thomas has been selected as the only New Zealand artist to feature in the International Mezzotint Festival in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The Cambridge artist recently opened her Leamington-based studio to the public during the Cambridge…

Fire fighter clocks up 25 years

Twenty five years as a volunteer firefighter have given Cambridge brigade member Bruce Willis a lot of interesting stories to tell. “I still get the feeling that you’re making a bit of a difference, and…

Cambridge encouraged to fundraise for Camp Quality

Camp Quality is encouraging Cambridge residents, along with Kiwis across the country, to plan their own special fundraising event or activity to help the organisation support the nation’s youngest patients living with cancer. The non-profit…

Leamington seven-time Top School

Leamington Primary School has come out on top by a massive margin as the Waikato’s “Top School”. They earned the title convincingly at the Battle of the Schools event hosted by Te Kowhai School on…

Students have their say with MP

Cambridge High School students were reminded that their voices do count when they attended a Youth Advisory Board meeting in Tokoroa recently. The meeting on April 5 saw students from Cambridge, South Waikato and Taupo…

Getting protection

It is the most important thing a parent can do for a child. That’s how Cambridge registered nurse Lyn Schofield views immunisation. Against what medical authorities say are bogus links to Alzheimer’s disease and autism, Kayla…

Nurses’ tyres slashed

District nurse Denise Weatherby started her day on Monday discovering that all of the Waikato DHB staff cars based at a Shakespeare St address had been slashed. Used by the Cambridge team of district nurses…

Community board wins once again

The Cambridge Community Board has done it again – winning another top accolade. The organisation won top honours at the Sister Cities New Zealand Awards in Palmerston North on March 23, winning both the Supreme…

Business awards open to all

Entries to the 2019 Waipa Networks Business Awards were officially opened with a special event launch on April 4. “The Chamber is delighted at the attendance and interest to date in the 2019 Awards programme,”…

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