Site work is about to start on pensioner housing units in Cambridge. Ten one-bedroom units will be built in Leamington, next to the council’s Vaile Court housing for the elderly complex, which has 17 tenants….
Site work is about to start on pensioner housing units in Cambridge. Ten one-bedroom units will be built in Leamington, next to the council’s Vaile Court housing for the elderly complex, which has 17 tenants….
Cambridge Primary School’s student ambassadors have been busy generating goodwill – about $2000 worth to be exact. Combined fundraising efforts from a school disco and other initiatives which raised $1850, a $400 donation given by…
Leamington Rugby Sports Club’s senior B side capped off an undefeated season on Saturday. Playing at home, Leamington took on Tokoroa’s Southern United in the Division 1 B final and ran away 36-12 winners to…
A Brit, a Jamaican, and a Kiwi sit in a kitchen on the side of a volcanic island talking about what would happen to us if the volcano above erupted… We have been struggling through…
On July 12 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent. For the second time in a row, I think they got their decision right….
Following legislation that was passed by the Government in 2020, the Freshwater Farm Plan regulations were published in June requiring pastoral or arable land use of more than 20ha and/or horticultural land of more than…
The announcement last week that Lisa Vanin had made the finals of the 2023 World of Wearable Art (Wow) show had the Cambridge mum fizzing in anticipation. Together with 120 finalist designers from 23 countries,…
The return of kākāpō to the North Island after a 40 year absence was a triumph for Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and cooperating iwi. And the pride of Department of Conservation staff and National Kākāpō Recovery…
Adam Thompson’s success is, literally, growing. The Te Miro farmer has won a national conservation award after planting one million native trees in his Restore Native nursery last year – and on-selling the seedlings to…
In early July, as America’s ‘big birthday’ drew close, I‘d noticed the volume of messaging along the lines of ‘freedom’ had been intense! Maybe the ‘freedom’ focus was just on my radar, but it certainly…
