Bound to be good

Marcus and son Samuel Gower with Warwick and Cam Emmett got the opportunity to do the Outward Bound Leaps and Bounds eight day course through a generous scholarship from Outward Bound Trust and the Te…

Waikato interest in the biggest event of Cambridge Raceway’s calendar tomorrow has been boosted following a late withdrawal. Kango, trained at Cambridge Raceway by Arna Donnelly, is a  late starter in the feature race following…

A Cambridge Central combination won a successful tournament at Kihikihi last week. Skip Laurie Roycroft, with Ron Greenwood and Dennis Wilcock , secured first prize with four wins, 22 ends and 49 points. They headed…

Te Awamutu College will host the Waikato Regional Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival on April 5. It is  the second time the college has hosted the festival as…

A group from the Waikato Hospital nursing class of 1964, including two from Waipā, recently celebrated their 60th reunion. Lynette Aish (nee Gardiner) and Paula Butterworth (nee Houghton) of Cambridge joined Putāruru’s Judy Osborne (nee…

Andrew Johnstone is known to Good Local Media readers as the subject of a Costa Botes documentary  When the Cows Come Home. He has also come out on the side of a planned incinerator for…

Christchurch researcher Susan Turnbull has taken an interest in how communities respond when they learn they are about to get a cell tower. How to do you avoid them? How do you get more of…

Mystery Creek Festival of Polo is galloping into town this weekend for those looking for something different to enjoy. The best polo players in New Zealand, thundering hooves, gripping polo action, and family-friendly fun promise…

Cambridge Police have this week impounded four motorbikes belonging to members of the Greazy Dogs motorcycle gang, following two instances where gang members failed to stop for police. Police signalled gang members to stop on…

Let there be Light. In today’s world there seems to be an absence of light, that warm glow that pierces and drives away the darkness; we read and hear of and see the news of…