Red Admiral caterpillars from the King Country have been taken to Auckland in the hope they will revive a population devasted more than two decades ago. Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust trustee Jacqui Knight said…
Red Admiral caterpillars from the King Country have been taken to Auckland in the hope they will revive a population devasted more than two decades ago. Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust trustee Jacqui Knight said…
The Salvation Army is supporting Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor’s call to ban the sale of alcohol in Waipā supermarkets. Taylor suggested Waipā follow Australia’s example of not selling alcohol in…
A senior Department of Conservation manager says she really feels for cash strapped Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and hopes that something can be worked out concerning funding. “I think they’re in a really tough predicament,” said…
In a BBC article, a colleague, Professor Matthew Watson, is warning of the dangers of tourism at Fuego – a twin volcano which erupted with deadly consequences in Guatemala in 2018. Watson stopped taking student…
Rob Pierce has swapped one blue shirt for another. Pierce has moved into real estate as a lifestyle and residential sales consultant after serving 31 years in the New Zealand Police. Pierce was based in…
Cambridge Bowling Club was well represented at Kihikihi’s tournament last week – and celebrated a win. Winter ills, and the weather, cast their shadow on the day. There were several teams that cancelled ,with flu…
Through most of the last year I have suffered with global osteo-arthritis so this column has not been high on my list of priorities! However over the last couple of weeks two special events in…
Brooklyn Water Ski Club is looking for a new home on Lake Karāpiro. Longstanding club committee member Glenn Harrop told The News the 60-year-old club was looking for a sympathetic landowner to lease it a…
Every three years we – the whole nation – are subject to the nonsense put forward by council wannabees as to their suitability to govern the organisation that keeps our districts clean, warm, liveable and…
Cambridge Lyceum held a farewell gathering recently to mark the club’s closure after 84 years. Changing societal norms and dwindling membership led to the sale of the club’s home premises in Dick Street in late…
