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…
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…
Driving between Wellington and Te Awamutu last week, my geologist brain was on high alert. I was unaware of the storm that had passed through the King Country on October 16, a few days prior,…
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…
Cambridge mum Michelle Santy says there are loads of “amazing travel opportunities out there” for young rugby players. Her son Jordan is one of four former Cambridge High School students who have ended up playing…
Cambridge teenager Connor Brinck had been go-kart racing for four years before he slammed into a roadblock – his own height. “I’d been competing at national level, but I had to change because I got…
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)…
It’s increasingly common to have the violating experience of someone stealing or misappropriating your identity. Loopholes in modern technology, plus glitches within systems, necessitate us being alert to our identity being stolen, cloned or mistakenly…
Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder, a licensed architectural designer based in Cambridge, has pledged to uphold his family’s legacy of irreverence and a reputation for “getting things done.” Bydder was censured last year after an…
Arrividerci hustings – I thought we would never get to that point. With the formal swearing in of newly elected representatives we can lurch out into the actions of promissory vote-catching utterances and measure subsequent…
It’s been a quarter of a century since Bodie Wheke Taylor was picked to appear before millions of Star Wars fans as a clone trooper. But on Friday Taylor, who played a room full of…
