Letter to the Editor – 30 October 2025

Letters to the Editor

Jolted

I am not from Cambridge but am babysitting friends’ house in Leamington, very near Wordsworth and Burns streets intersection.

I was jolted out of my bed at five minutes to four in the morning a couple of weeks back by one of the explosions people have been talking about.

Ali Tocker wrote (letters, October 16) they have been occurring since 2017. If that be the case, these explosions have been occurring for eight years and no one has ever reported property damage.

The explosion I heard was big – there was percussion with it.

Ken Wagner (Letters, October 23)  suggested power grid network issues.  Given the size of the explosion and no property damage I can think of nothing else it could be.

Failing that, UFOs breaking through a space-time warp over central Cambridge.

John Morgan

(presently) Leamington

Letters to Editor. Photo: Pixabay

 

More Recent News

Davies-Colley appointed deputy

Charlotte FitzPatrick has been elected Cambridge Community Board chair. 12pm 31 October Jo Davies-Colley has been appointed Waipa District Council deputy mayor following the swearing in of councillors today. “Jo brings a calm, collaborative approach…

And through you go: Tunnel team sees the light

The 235-metre long tunnel, part of the new Te Ara o Te Ata – Mt Messenger Bypass broke through to the northern side on Tuesday to a karakia and applause. Hinetūparimaunga, a giant excavating machine…

Queen at museum opening

Waipā’s new mayor Mike Pettit  and Māori Queen Nga wai hono i te po attended the reopening of Te Awamutu’s museum last week. And for museums and heritage director Anne Blyth it felt like going…

Making friends around a fire

Scouts made new friends and memories as they learned camping skills in Cambridge at the weekend. Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group’s scout section youth leadership team had asked for a traditional team (or patrol)…