Thanks to his scholarship and mastery of both western science and mātauranga Māori, Professor Rangi Mātāmua led a renaissance in Te Ao Māori and a new awareness in the Western world of the star cluster…
Thanks to his scholarship and mastery of both western science and mātauranga Māori, Professor Rangi Mātāmua led a renaissance in Te Ao Māori and a new awareness in the Western world of the star cluster…
Tomorrow we’ll celebrate for the fourth consecutive year, our unique national holiday. The marking of Matariki on the calendar as a public holiday back in June 2022 helped bring Matariki, or Māori New Year (‘Te…
The lolly scramble of who moves in with who has started. With a government-imposed deadline that is almost too hard to meet and, regardless of personal or district choice local body, reformation is a gamble….
The leaf debate I read with great interest but no real surprise the letter from Kelvin Dunn in the Cambridge News (July 2). We reside in a leafy cul de sac near Cambridge High School…
Last Friday was the end of term two, to the delight of school students all across the district. On this day, I was honoured to be invited to judge the Te Awamutu College house song…
Over the past few columns, we have explored submarine eruptions near the surface. Once a volcanic edifice is high enough, with lava and rock stacking higher and higher from the sea floor through repeated eruptions,…
The Cambridge News in its last few issues has published a full-page advertisement setting out five options for Waikato local government reorganisation. Four of them would see Waipā joining other Waikato councils to create larger…
Councils have been scrambling to ‘consult’ on regional merger proposals to meet the August deadline for joining the Government’s “head start” process for local government reform. According to minister Chris Bishop it’s a choice: “Lead…
A winter issue Long term complaints to council about the inadequate winter leaf collection in Leamington and the burden put on older people like me who have to spend a great deal of time clearing…
A friend living in the centre of Cambridge enjoys walking. His favourite route includes the pathway around Lake Te Koo Utu. Lighting up that area at night, the town cross rises high above the lake….
