In a car crammed full of my belongings I sat counting on my fingers the times I have moved house or apartment, not counting the times I lived in a backpackers or hotel. In 21…
In a car crammed full of my belongings I sat counting on my fingers the times I have moved house or apartment, not counting the times I lived in a backpackers or hotel. In 21…
Some startling statistics caught my attention the other day from Oxfam- an international aid confederacy with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, whose focus is alleviation of global poverty. This British-founded agency reveals how poor most of…
For me when I read Te Tiriti it clearly states that Māori would have a say in local governance. Article two: “The Queen of England agrees to protect the chiefs, the subtribes and all the…
A few years ago, we were blessed with the extension of the Waikato Expressway which relieved Cambridge of a high number of mainstream vehicles including many large trucks. Retailers have benefitted enormously as a result…
Across Waipa, Te Awamutu and Cambridge Police have definitely been kept busy this week. In the police we have a saying, ‘see something, do something’. It is something we would like our community to embrace…
Arbitrage It was a relief to read a letter (Cambridge News, September 26) which rightly challenged the earlier comments by Waipa District Council’s deputy chief executive, Ken Morris, with regard low risk arbitrage deals involving…
We have five geological features in New Zealand that have recently received recognition for being “of the highest scientific value”, with “the world’s best demonstrations of geologic features and processes”. That’s pretty cool. The International…
I wrote a column in June 2023 under the title “Worry about the balance of payments, not the recession’. At that time, New Zealand had a current account deficit of $31 billion, or 8.5 per…
Earlier this month Pope Francis was in Singapore concluding an Asian and Pacifica trip. Before the 12 hour trip back to Rome, he spoke to an ‘inter-religious’ gathering of young people. Apparently going off script…
A clamp down on daytime parking in Cambridge has left some commuters scrambling for positions. The Alpha St carpark, popular with workers who are based in and around Victoria St is now usually full by…
