All things going to plan, Waipā’s Armistice commemorations should go like clockwork this weekend. Perfect weather conditions are predicted and event organisers in both Cambridge and Te Awamutu have arranged a series of events at…
All things going to plan, Waipā’s Armistice commemorations should go like clockwork this weekend. Perfect weather conditions are predicted and event organisers in both Cambridge and Te Awamutu have arranged a series of events at…
Cambridge High School’s runner-up to dux is excited about diving into a total immersion Māori language programme, Te Tohu Paetahi, at the University of Waikato next year. Seventeen-year-old Neve Keightley is hoping to emerge from…
They’ve been great mates since year 10 – now they are Cambridge High School’s head girl and head boy for 2024. Chiara Woodford and Levi Lamb were still processing the fact they’d just landed the…
For five years Anna Jago and Neve Keightley were close contenders for the top academic prize in their year group at Cambridge High School. The driven students could have been intense rivals, but it’s never…
The biggest worry Ben Lawrence had two hours out from the first Illuminate Light and Sound Show at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday night was technology might let him down. And it did. But the temporary…
The man who pulled the pin on the Cambridge Festival of Sport last week still believes the concept can be a huge success. Alwyn Poole outlined his dreams for the festival in Waikato Business News…
Saturday’s gathering at the Le Quesnoy statue in Cambridge marked the 105th anniversary of the World War One action that saw Kiwi soldiers liberate the French town from four years of German occupation. The soldiers…
Behind Tauwhare School’s reception desk, Paula Brown picks up her phone and punches a number on the keypad. “Mr Sampson,” she says, “I’ve got the reporter here from Cambridge News to see you. Shall I…
Two key events on Cambridge’s 2023 calendar will share common ground this month. Both the Great Kiwi Summer Festival, an inaugural event three years in the making which is being called “New Zealand’s biggest celebration…
Recipients of local Hato Hone St John Youth Awards have been described as shining examples among their peers by Cambridge area committee chairman Jim Goddin. Congratulating St John penguins and cadets at last month’s awards…
