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Students release cookbook

Two Cambridge girls have put their passion for sport and food to paper with the release of their own cookbook, highlighting their ideal easy foods for physical activity and mental balance. The book, “To Fuel…

Cambridge News Person of the Year

Cambridge woman Linda Roil has a heart for children, and it is her work for kids in care that has seen her named the first-ever Cambridge News Person of the Year. This year, Linda has…

Cambridge Care and Craft volunteers moving on

A few changes are happening at Cambridge Care and Craft, with supervisor Beverley O’Callaghan and three long-time volunteers retiring from the group, and new supervisor Nicky Booth moving in to keep the long-standing tradition alive….

Bakers leaving large shoes to fill

Cambridge’s loss is about to become Hawera’s gain as Jenny and Gordon ‘Rusty’ Baker head back to the coastal settlement where their 55-year relationship began. The Bakers have both been the somewhat reluctant stars at…

Branch fall a close call

A metre-wide tree branch came crashing down onto a caravan at the Horahora Domain last week, narrowly missing the sleeping occupants inside. “If it (the caravan) had just been another foot forward we would have…

Photo IDs stolen bike

On Monday 14 December 11-year-old Matthew Peters biked to Leamington Primary School.  Unfortunately, on this particular day Matthew failed to lock his bike up securely and someone stole it. As luck would have it, however,…

Local blockchain innovator

A Cambridge-based advanced software company, Nyriad, has partnered with Spark-owned cloud provider Revera to pave the way for the New Zealand government to manage sensitive data using Blockchain technology. Three years in the making, a…

Tamahere Twilight Market a hit

Thousands of shoppers poured into the hugely successful Tamahere Twilight Market last Saturday afternoon to enjoy the sunshine, food and craft stalls. With visitors packed in elbow to elbow in places and pedestrian traffic moving…

Stewart Island calling

Leamington School teacher Alison Fitzsimons was browsing Facebook in October when an advertisement popped up that changed her life. It was for a 12-month teaching contract at Halfmoon Bay School on Stewart Island. “I wasn’t…

St Stephen’s Christmas Festival could be last

St Stephen’s Church Hall in Tamahere is decked to the nines in the Christmas spirit this week as they celebrate their annual Christmas Festival, running each day up to December 16. But this could be…

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