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Ken – a man of firm opinion

Newly-minted centenarian Ken Hanlon is just about as good a plug for clean living as you could find. The Resthaven Cambridge resident turned 100 this month, and while perhaps less nimble on his feet than…

A nuclear New Zealand

Nuclear physicist Dr Gavin Wallace describes some approaches to nuclear power as ‘irrational’ and says the radiation that surrounds us most of the time is nowhere near as harmful as many think it is. Speaking…

The price of ‘least regrets’

If there was a budget blowout of $10 billion in the health or education areas, it would be the subject of intense criticism and recrimination. There has been a $10 billion blowout in the cost…

War’s impact recounted

Cambridge Resthaven residents marked Anzac Day on Monday with a service at their village centre in Vogel St. The service was conducted by Cambridge RSA’s Brigadier Jon Broadley MBE, and was attended by several men…

Church full for Anzac service

About 20 motorcyclists and their partners joined residents, RSA members and the clergy at Pukeatua War Memorial Church on Sunday for the 2023 Anzac memorial service. The church is one of just two in New…

Zero rubbish – it’s all DIY

Over 9000 students, three rubbish bins It is hard enough as a parent to get your child to recycle, well try over 9000 secondary school students to do it over a week’s long rowing competition….

Coming up roses

Rose Town is likely to remain the brand name for Te Awamutu after 60 per cent of the people surveyed said it was still a relevant tag line for the town. But the ‘Who are…

Practices display priorities

While conversing with an older couple, the wife described how she did not share in the slightest, her husband’s enthusiastic, avid passion for golf. She described earlier years in their marriage where she felt abandoned-…

A what-if situation

If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…

Report, report, report

When this column goes to print, Anzac Day will have already been celebrated in time honoured tradition at dawn and civic ceremonies across Waipā. I am proud that I will have again represented Cambridge Police,…

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