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Quiz: How well do you know Cambridge?
Kēmu uiui: He pēhea te kaha o tō mōhio ki Kemureti? PLACE AND ENVIRONMENT 10 minute activity Think you know Cambridge inside and out? You may call this town home, but how well do you…
Read MoreCambridge 1900 – 1909
Dairy Industry Around Cambridge the large estates of Fen Court, Karapiro and Whitehall had been taken over by the Government and cut up into smaller farms. Now instead of one landowner Fencourt district had 37…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1910s
Influenza Epidemic Peace celebrations were to be held on 14 November 1918 but as the main body of men came home, an influenza epidemic swept the world. The celebrations, opening of the swimming baths and…
Read MoreCentral Cambridge
View “Heritage Walk – Business Area” in a larger map. We recommend you view these Google maps in satellite or map mode to access information on the buildings or sites, and street view gives their…
Read MoreCambridge Domain
View “Heritage Walks – Cambridge Domain” in a larger map. We recommend you view these Google maps in satellite or map mode to access information on the buildings or sites, and street view gives their…
Read MoreChurches
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Read MoreLeamington
Leamington was called Cambridge West until 1907. Then, with a population of 500 it was released from the control of the Pukekura Road Board to be administered by its own Leamington Town Board. Leamington street…
Read MoreWaikato River
The Waikato River, flowing through Cambridge runs for 425 km from Tongariro north to the Waikato Heads and into the Tasman Sea. The first European river transport to Camp Cambridge in 1864 was a Paddle…
Read MoreSuburbs
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Read MoreCambridge in the 1920s
The Children’s Playground in the Cambridge Domain was established in 1919 on the site of a former stop over pa used by the Maori on their way from Pirongia to Maungakawa. King Tawhaio called Lake…
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