At 9:35 am on November 1 1755, the people of Lisbon, Portugal experienced between six and nine minutes of ground shaking. A fault had ruptured offshore Portugal in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, causing the event…
At 9:35 am on November 1 1755, the people of Lisbon, Portugal experienced between six and nine minutes of ground shaking. A fault had ruptured offshore Portugal in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, causing the event…
Waipā councillors have been told they need to be both brave and right when choosing where to bridge the Waikato River. Gray Matter director and civil transportation engineer Alasdair Gray, who managed the building of…
For nearly three years it’s been a stretch of road festooned with hundreds of orange cones and lengthy delays for motorists. Now Cambridge Road – between Hugo Shaw Road and the new roundabout, complete with…
Just days into his appointment as new Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association national president, Cambridge’s Tony Hill has signalled a ‘back to basics’ approach that will centre on an expectation around behaviour and broaden…
A cold unpleasant night greeted my arrival in suburban Paris. Walking up the steps from the deserted dimly lit underground Paris Métro to the street above, I re-read directions for ‘La Rue’ where I had…
Bev McLean loves organising events and her latest one – the Cambridge Golf Club 125th anniversary – was another success. Everything went to plan except for the downpour that struck the 90 golfers early in…
At last, a political party in New Zealand has been brave enough to include a capital gains tax in its policy platform. The United Kingdom has had one since 1965, Canada since 1971, Australia since…
A bid to establish a managed fill in Leamington could add up to 8000 truck trips through Cambridge each year. Waipā District Council has put the consent on hold as it seeks more information. ResourceCo…
After four years and $130,000 in legal fees, Rhys and Antoinette Powell’s fight against a Cambridge quarry ended last week – not in court, but with a handshake. On site at French Pass Road, Rhys…
In the end, it fizzled out with barely a whimper. The Newcombe Road quarry saga made headlines during the local body election campaign. Yet it wasn’t council intervention that resolved the standoff. It was the…
