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Treasure hunters welcome

Poppy Wortman reports on a new aspect of the Cambridge New World Christmas Parade this year. There’s treasure to be discovered at this year’s Christmas Parade. Organisers decided to incorporate a treasure hunt this year…

Cat burglar on the prowl again

The Keightley family are still on the hunt for the owner(s) of a collection of socks and underwear their cat, a prolific burglar, has collected over recent months. Archie, a two-year-old tabby, has been sneaking…

Fashion designers best in NZ

It was three for three in 2018 for Cambridge Middle School at the HETTANZ (Home Economics and Technology Teacher’s Association of New Zealand) Student Fashion Awards – with CMS students winning the top two places…

Red Cross needs you, and your car

The call has for help has gone out to the Cambridge community, with Red Cross drivers desperately needed in town. Red Cross Community Transport Coordinator Jan Nesbit said demand for the service – where volunteers…

Double golden celebration for fire chief

Last Saturday marked a milestone for Cambridge’s chief fire officer Don Gerrand, who clocked up a staggering 50 years in the service on November 3. Claire Robson caught up with him and his wife Jocelyn…

Cuteness overload at Group Agricultural Day

It was quite a cute sight to see at Memorial Park on Wednesday when students from schools across Cambridge demonstrated their rural rearing skills. Students brought along a lamb or kid goat they had been…

Once in a hundred years

The haunting sound of bagpipes will ring out across Cambridge tomorrow, with solo pipers playing at the Hautapu Cemetery, St Andrew’s Church and the Cambridge Cenotaph in the early morning as part of a worldwide…

New retirement role for Houchen

Stuart Houchen is finally dipping his toe into retirement after a false start unexpectedly put him back behind the desk at Cambridge Funerals. The call asking if he’d be prepared to provide a fortnight’s cover…

All go at Leamington School

There was colour flying everywhere on Saturday, October 27 at the Leamington School Colour Blast. Around 200 people got their clothes redecorated at the event, turning their whites to multicolours under a barrage of coloured…

His own seat, and a mince pie

A relaxed social gathering at Lake Te Kō Utu on Sunday will be an opportunity for friends and family of colourful Cambridge resident Crispin ‘Cris’ Love, who died last year, to celebrate the installation of…

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