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Cutting-edge company generating jobs

Cambridge-based software company Nyriad is set to introduce around a hundred new jobs to town by the end of the year, with a recent funding round bringing in US$8.5M for the hyperscale storage processing company….

Service celebrated at St John Awards

Several locals are among 46 individuals recognised at the St John Waikato, Waipa and King Country Annual Service Awards. The February 18 celebration of service was held at the Cambridge Town Hall before an audience…

Meg’s gratitude to Cambridge

When Meg de Reus came home from Nepal just before Christmas, it was with a deep sense of gratitude to Cambridge and a new excitement for the future. She was particularly grateful to the local…

Walking for Jack

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society provides support for a huge number of cancer patients across the Waikato, including former Goodwood School principal, Jack Reid. Finding blood in his urine, Jack was diagnosed with bladder…

Cambridge now on tour map

Council has announced another eight of their popular bus tours – four on each side of the district.  For the first time, Cambridge is now included. Bookings are now open for the free tours, which…

Last ‘hoorah’ in pool

The sun was out for last Thursday’s Aquafit class in the Cambridge Town pool. The pool closed on Sunday, undergoing a $16.5M redevelopment.  The project got underway on Monday, with construction personnel on and off…

Pool out of action

  The Cambridge Pool closed on Sunday, undergoing a massive redevelopment that will see its doors shut until the end of 2019.  The finished complex will feature an upgrade to the existing heated outdoor pool,…

Slow down on rural roads

It is hoped that a mock crash earlier this month will to encourage Waipa drivers to slow down on rural roads. Emergency services attended the scene at the high-risk intersection of Pokuru and Te Mawhai…

10,000 steps for Hospice

Members of the Cambridge BNI group (Business Network International) have taken on quite a task for themselves this month – walking 10,000 steps each day as part of Foot Forward February. The initiative challenges each…

Grey Power’s views on medicinal cannabis

Cambridge Grey Power president Val Massey agrees with the organisation’s national president when he said the needs of ill people needing medicinal cannabis had been “clouded” by recreational users. Grey Power Federation president Tom O’Connor…

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