Judy Donovan never came out of the Pureora Forest in late March. She was the subject of an extensive search. Today, speaking exclusively to the King Country News, her daughter tells of the family’s gratitude…
Judy Donovan never came out of the Pureora Forest in late March. She was the subject of an extensive search. Today, speaking exclusively to the King Country News, her daughter tells of the family’s gratitude…
Nora Fu is fighting to bring back cold beer to Pirongia’s Five Stags Restaurant and Bar. Fu, the sole shareholder of the Franklin Street bar and restaurant operator Night Pearl, has been unable to sell…
Alana Thompson decided she was going to be a teacher on her very first day of school, in 1993. “When I turned five, I had the most amazing teacher, Mrs Kitty Higgins,” she said. “She…
Gordon and Heather McInally were so impressed with the Urban Miners recycling operation in Cambridge they intend to take the concept home to Scotland. The couple visited the Cambridge Rotary Club’s star performer, Urban Miners,…
Oh, how things have changed! A 1905 Waikato newspaper unearthed recently by Cambridge man Bill Wilson makes for some interesting comparisons with today’s newspapers. The content and style has changed drastically and so has the…
I wonder if we realise how much what we think about, the type of thoughts we allow in our ‘headspace’, plus their accompanying emotions, determines the outcomes of our life? I was visiting someone in…
Waipā activated its Crisis Management team after the controversial Cambridge Connections meeting where mayor Susan O’Regan was allegedly threatened. The drop in meeting about the site for a third bridge over Waikato River -held at…
The government is working across several fronts to meet the demands of changing needs in our ageing population, Minister for Seniors Casey Costello says. Speaking at last week’s Cambridge Grey Power meeting at Taylor Made…
The previous government elected to re-shape the national health service by demolishing district health boards. In part I supported this move as I had never had faith in poorly-elected inexperienced wannabees (as governance people) dictating…
I first read Dr Janine Krippner’s column in this paper when I was thinking about making a podcast for the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. Janine’s ability to communicate the history and the science…
