The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently published its latest report on the New Zealand economy. The IMF does these reviews on their member countries about every 18 months. The report was not very flattering….
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently published its latest report on the New Zealand economy. The IMF does these reviews on their member countries about every 18 months. The report was not very flattering….
Last Sunday Youth Aid Constable Dani Hibdige and I took the lucky winners in the recent Bluelight Colouring Competition up to Rainbow’s End for the National Bluelight Fun Day. There were a lot of excited…
The ability to monitor volcanoes comes from a solid mix of technology, research, time, and experience. Thankfully, here in New Zealand we have these things. Before an eruption occurs – which is where magmatic material…
The village of Matangi is now home to the fourth Romanian Orthodox church to be consecrated in New Zealand. St David’s Matangi, built in 1933 and formerly part of the St Francis Cooperating Parish of…
With our nation ramping up for a general election, as a citizen who loves this beautiful country, I have some concerns. What follows has a twofold purpose – as my weekly ‘Faith Column’ for Cambridge…
Early last month I promised to return to the traffic incursion that will be afforded by a new quarry at the southern end of Cambridge, This on dairy farmland (shame!) currently owned by a local…
Cambridge police have had a few good catches in the last week that are worthy of a mention. Last week we received a report of a family harm incident in a vehicle at the south…
The phrase ‘down on the farm’ is taking on a worrying meaning these days. What’s going down on the farm today are the prices for the things farmers produce and export. Wool prices are so…
Last weekend I was having breakfast with friends who experienced Cyclone Gabrielle in the Hawkes Bay area. As is natural for many conversations in my life, it started out talking about eruptions, then moved on…
An aged aunty, who was special to me, passed away just before her 100th birthday. She often remarked that time had ‘flown by’ in spite of having a lifetime spanning almost a century. I guess…
