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The Treaty
The treaty It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed on the 6 February 1840. This day is now a public holiday in New Zealand. The Treaty is an agreement, in Māori and English, that was made between the British Crown and about 540 Māori chiefs. -
James Mackenzie
James Mackenzie denied the theft, saying he had been hired to drive the sheep to Otago. After escaping from his captors, he walked 160 km to Lyttelton, where he was recaptured on 15 March. The found Mackenzie guilty, sentencing him to five years of hard labour. -
Cambridge Founded
It was 1864 and the land wars had just stopped so Cambridge was founded. Into the place it is now also Cambridge was divided by the Waikato River into two settlements, connected by a punt. -
King Tāwhiao
King Tāwhiao died on 26 August 1894. He was buried at Taupiri after a tangihanga attended by thousands. His wife was Hera and they had three children: Tiahuia, Te Puea Hērangi and Mahuta Tāwhiao. -
Taken Over
In 1900 Fencourt, Karapiro and Whitehall had been taken over by the government and got cut up into smaller farms. By now the population was 12,695. -
Factories and War
The Leamington Factory had finally been built for 151 (Pounds) and 6,495 men from New Zealand went to the South African War 1899-1902... -
Firemen
In March 1904 a committee formed to go into the question of forming a Fire Brigade, recommended to Council that steps be taken to organise a volunteer brigade, erect a station to accommodate two firemen and plant, and procure a reel and 800 feet of hose with hydrants so a hose reel was made for the firemen in 1904 by John Ferguson -
Egg Laying Competitions and Machines
Machines had been invented and were coming into general use. Also in May 1907. The North Island Egg Laying Competition received 76 entries (500 hens) from Whangarei to Wellington. This competition was run in Cambridge on Carters Flat – nicknamed 'Egg Flat'. There were prizes for tests in Winter, Summer, the Moulting Season, monthly and yearly with prizes of over £50. -
Sister Town
Le Quesnoy became the sister town to Cambridge because NZ helped to take it back from the Germans. So then later a small exhibition covering the events of November 1918 was opened in Le Quesnoy. Organised by La Maison Quercitaine de Nouvelle-Zélande, it contains documents, photographs and other memorabilia relating to the New Zealand involvement in the fighting in the area. One purpose of La Maison is to welcome visitors from New Zealand. -
Horses
The highly bred Clydesdale Stallion 'Sir Weasley' stood at W C Wallace's stud at Fencourt there he met other peoples mares and bred with them for four guineas each. -
Waikato River
In 1993 the Waitangi Tribunal acknowledged that the river was a treasure of the tribes of Tainui and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Ngāti Tūwharetoa has interests in the Taupō waters, including Lake Taupō and the Waikato River downstream of the lake as far as Huka Falls, while Tainui tribes claim authority over the rest of the river. -
State Houses
1938 was the first season of the Bobby Calf Pool and 21,000 calves were handled. The object of the pool was to rationalise the collection and delivery of calves to the freezing works at Horotiu and co-operative marketing. 1938 also marked the beginning of free milk in schools. -
Golf
A handful of golfing enthusiasts in the year 1900 arranged, after various meetings, to have the use of a property on the west side of Hamilton Road and they set about creating 9 holes. The Club was constituted in 1902. This was very early in New Zealand's golf history when it is realised that the Auckland and Manawatu Golf Clubs had only started 4 or 5 years earlier. The original members comprised 28 women and 27 men. -
Korean War
The events in Korea provided an opportunity for New Zealand to pursue its goal of obtaining a commitment by the United States to its security. The crisis also had a dramatic influence on New Zealand’s economy. A wool boom brought great prosperity but also provided a backdrop to the bitter waterfront dispute of 1951. -
Roller Skating
In 1965 Susan Litchwark and Allan Weidenbohm put Cambridge on the skating map when they won gold for roller skate dancing and represented New Zealand in Germany. Miss Allison McMillan was representing New Zealand at swimming and the club, as a whole, was most successful. -
1969
1969 saw the Golf Club extend their clubhouse, there was a revival to rowing and the Waikato Hunt bought land on Fencourt Road to house the hounds. The Cambridge Rabbit Board, which had been formed in 1953 with the amalgamation of Maungakawa, Whitehall and Taotaoroa rabbit districts, went out of existence. -
Cambridge Stud
Patrick and Justine Hogan established the Cambridge Stud in 1975 with Sir Tristram and Heir Presumptive and John and Jean Hogan went into fat stock grazing at Fencourt. -
Badminton Horse Show
Mark Todd won the Badminton Whitbread Trophy in the cross country horse jumping event in England then later he completed half of the cross country course with one stirrup -
Keith Holyoake
Long-serving prime minister and ex-governor-general Keith Holyoake died in Wellington Hospital on 8 December. Keith led National to four consecutive election victories in the 1960s before stepping down in 1972. Nicknamed ‘Kiwi Keith’ originally to distinguish him from an Australian cousin of the same name. -
100yrs since Treaty
It had been 100 years since the treaty had been signed and there were celebrations where ever you went.