The editor desires to keep me beavering on election-related opinion pieces until the last ballot box has been emptied. Not exactly an exciting gig for an open-minded octogenarian but I shall comply. Firstly, have you…
The editor desires to keep me beavering on election-related opinion pieces until the last ballot box has been emptied. Not exactly an exciting gig for an open-minded octogenarian but I shall comply. Firstly, have you…
One of New Zealand’s leading brain research scientists, Sir Richard Faull, told a Cambridge audience last week that he was ‘over the moon’ at news of a breakthrough in the treatment of Huntington’s disease. Speaking…
The remarkable Leslie ‘Les’ Winslade QSM celebrated his 105th birthday last weekend, surrounded by family and friends, cards from luminaries and photographic memories of his life. When asked by The News how he had managed…
All that effort, all those words, all the advertising, videos and social media posts and what do we have to show for it with a week to go? When The News went to press, election…
A detailed 1:24 replica of Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church is looking for a home. Roger Dean’s Lilliputian version of the iconic church has popped up in several places since he completed it in late 2017….
Greg Foran returned to Hamilton last month on Air New Zealand’s first domestic jet service to the airport in 25 years. He spoke to senior writer Mary Anne Gill as his remarkable leadership journey with the…
A late surge in nominations – many of them openly critical of the council – has set the stage for a fiery election campaign in Waipā. Most of the action is expected in the eastern…
Updated to include Don Sanders The News asked Cambridge ward candidates to provide us with no more than 30 words on why they were standing for public office and what one bit of difference would…
The News asked candidates to provide us with no more than 30 words on why they were standing for public office and what one bit of difference would they want to make if elected. Some…
The News asked Cambridge Community Board candidates to provide us with no more than 30 words on why they were standing for public office and what one bit of difference would they want to make…
