New Zealand is small enough to give each of us almost unmatched access to decision-makers at national and local level compared with most western nations. We angst about voter turnout, yet we are still one…
New Zealand is small enough to give each of us almost unmatched access to decision-makers at national and local level compared with most western nations. We angst about voter turnout, yet we are still one…
When the big square bales dropped off the forks, they knocked the land-girl flat. She hadn’t heard him coming. Plugged into her Walkman, broad back turned to him, shovelling out years of an old leak…
Next Wednesday at 10am, Cambridge Police will be hosting a “Coffee with a Cop” event in conjunction with Daydream Espresso on the corner of Alpha and Victoria streets, Cambridge. Coffee with a Cop is a…
I write in response to the page three article Another Bridge Too Far (The News, April 27). A majority of the community are not against major developments for his town, but rather are understandably against…
Salt is part of our everyday lives, whether we are eating it or swimming in ocean water. Before it reaches our kitchens, salt is collected in several ways. One method involves evaporating salty water, leaving…
As an only child, my dad hadn’t even reached the age of two when his father was killed in a workplace accident on a construction site. My knowledge of this grandfather is a bit sketchy….
The Cambridge Community Board public forum before every meeting is a powerful platform for the community voice to be heard. Listening to the residents of Cambridge and their concerns is a vital step in advocating…
The Government held a major Foreign Investment Forum in Auckland in mid-March. They see increased foreign investment as a way to moderate many of our major economic problems: increase our anaemic economic growth, reduce our…
A success story Clyde Graf’s opinion piece on kiwi releases from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain (The News, March 20) casts unfounded aspersions on efforts to protect brown kiwi. He is also ill-informed about the practice of…
It was good to see lots of whānau at the Balloons over Waipa event in Te Awamutu last Friday. In Cambridge on Sunday, a similarly positive crowd cheered on Maadi rowers as they began the…
