This week I want to highlight work being done with Violence Free Waipā and Cambridge Community House around elder abuse. You may have seen a television campaign recently aimed at educating people about elder abuse….
This week I want to highlight work being done with Violence Free Waipā and Cambridge Community House around elder abuse. You may have seen a television campaign recently aimed at educating people about elder abuse….
Recently we had a superb catch around the importation and supply of class A drugs, following a search warrant execution involving specialist squads. It was a good example of the benefits that come from an…
In the Cambridge cafe aptly for years known as Deli on the Corner, the interior comes to a sharp and narrow pointed extremity. It looks out at the nearby Duke Street roundabout and what used…
A wailing siren caught my attention while driving in a busy city this week. You know how it goes – at first, it’s hard to determine what it is (fire, police, ambulance) or where it’s…
University on the up In my column below, I wrote that Waikato University’s ranking of 250th in the QR global rankings of universities placed it sixth amongst New Zealand’s eight universities. That was wrong. It…
“You’ve never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you!” said Dr. Jo Harding, meteorologist in the 1996 movie Twister. This quote kept playing through my head while walking around…
After spending over a week in the field recording the damage inflicted by the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption in La Palma, I am now working long hours to go over the information we recorded. I…
The independent panel appointed to carry out a review into local government reform has released its recommendations. I agree with the panel’s summary of the challenges facing the sector including significant funding issues. These pressures…
Do ostriches really bury their head in the sand to avoid trouble, or to hide? Surely it’s a bit of a pointless method of escaping danger or predators, if they can’t breathe? Like our kiwi,…
Let’s start with some good news again this week. We have recently had a couple of car theft sprees. Fortunately, police located most of the vehicles very quickly. Two search warrants were executed. During the…
