A near miss between a Fonterra tanker and a Ōhaupō Primary school cyclist last year has had a positive outcome. The dairy company and the school asked Waipā council’s Road Safety team for help. Thirty-one…
A near miss between a Fonterra tanker and a Ōhaupō Primary school cyclist last year has had a positive outcome. The dairy company and the school asked Waipā council’s Road Safety team for help. Thirty-one…
The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to…
The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is acclaimed as a giant in world literature and his epic work War and Peace is recognised as one of the finest novels ever written. Tolstoy wrote in depth about…
Friends come in handy particularly when they order a sunny day and deliver plenty of activities. That is what the Friends of Resthaven Foundation Trust achieved on Saturday for the Market Day fundraiser at Payne…
A ‘preamble’ to a treaty or a contract in general terms provides the context of what led to the parties’ engaging in a contract or treaty process and the goals they will pursue in their…
Grey Street in Cambridge from Hamilton Road to Williams Street will become cycle friendly in plans confirmed by Waipā council this week. The layout will eliminate through traffic and substantially reduce motor vehicle volumes around…
About 25 years ago I made a friendship with an American logistics consultant while he was visiting New Zealand. It resulted in our visiting him and staying at his home in San Jose, California. On…
The story of the Victoria Bridge – or high-level bridge – is one crucial to Cambridge’s development. Cambridge Museum records show it was built over a seven-month period in 1907, using a kitset sent out…
A few colourful tales have emerged from recent events linked to Waipā District Libraries’ Heritage Month. Saturday’s talk on ‘Small town, Big stories – Photographs from the Museum’, presented by Cambridge Museum manager Elizabeth Harvey,…
We volcanologists love our terminology. Having specific words with defined, agreed upon meanings helps us to effectively communicate ideas, and compare events at different volcanoes and through time. Often though, the meanings are lost and…
