Today, Friday 18 May, is Pink Shirt Day, designed to stop bullying and spread kindness across all areas of New Zealand society, including the workplace. Claire Castle caught up with Cambridge resident Allan Halse, a…
Today, Friday 18 May, is Pink Shirt Day, designed to stop bullying and spread kindness across all areas of New Zealand society, including the workplace. Claire Castle caught up with Cambridge resident Allan Halse, a…
Two Cambridge midwives joined a protest of around 500 in Wellington recently, marching on Parliament to urge politicians to improve their pay and conditions. Jenny Baty-Myles and Yvonne Szabo donned purple garb and hoisted their…
A group of local women are keen to see what support there might be in Cambridge for the establishment of a leisure marching group for women. Marching, say De-ane Busby and Bev Maguren, provides a…
Memories of being burnt by a hot water bottle, which burst after being filled with boiling water, will likely never fade for 10-year-old Leamington schoolgirl Anna Crouchman. But almost a year on from the incident,…
This year’s Anzac Day ceremonies saw the end of firing parties in Cambridge and was the chance to award the man behind them, Merv Balloch, with a Community Service Award. While the public enjoyed the…
Anyone believing technology to be incompatible with ‘people of a certain age’ need only visit Leamington’s Rachel Sloan for a re-set. The newly-minted octogenarian – she turned 80 on April 30 – can’t get enough…
The Cambridge Health and Community Centre on Taylor St is a hive of activity on Sunday afternoons, with a dedicated group of volunteers getting together to sew Boomerang Bags – the reusable bags popping up…
A young girl new to Cambridge is already making her mark on the town in a positive way, running a fundraising campaign to support children in need. Kate Pridham, 9, has so far raised over…
In a moving twist of fate, Florence Shearman’s attendance at the April 10 Wahine 50 commemorations brought her face-to-face with someone who was just a child when brought into Wellington’s railway station during the immediate…
Residents at Ultimate Care Cambridge Oakdale rest-home started Anzac week slightly early last Monday with an hour or so of music across the decades. Local DJ Matt Hicks offered his services for free to bring…
