Two large areas on the northern side of Cambridge are being transformed from bare land into large retirement villages. Both will be surrounded on their borders by large housing areas, most of them new. One…
Two large areas on the northern side of Cambridge are being transformed from bare land into large retirement villages. Both will be surrounded on their borders by large housing areas, most of them new. One…
Along with an abundance of cafes, our town is well endowed with antique shops… places where real treasures are often found. My daughter recently made me aware of one treasure that I had tended to…
I’ll start this week with more good news. We had some great reporting by a member of the public around a suspicious vehicle parked up in Norfolk Downs last week. The occupants were seen changing…
After years of being made to feel I was fabricating the pain I was in, at 21 years old I was diagnosed as a “classic case” of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). For me this involves variable…
Last Saturday millions worldwide joined on-line, with London’s masses for the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the ‘commonwealth realms’. The incredible detail and…
Most articles that describe the New Zealand tax system regard it as fair and progressive. Until recently, I had accepted that as a ‘fair’ description. Now I am not sure. Inland Revenue recently put out…
Good Local Media serves the Waipā district with its main centres of Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In Māori terms this district comes under the mana of King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII both as Māori…
It’s been a hectic week in Cambridge for shoplifting. We started with a Hamilton man who decided to leave via the entrance, rather than the checkout, at Countdown, taking a number of items with him….
The true story of a 70-foot longliner Andrea Gail – lost off Canada’s Grand Banks on October 29, 1991 – is told in the movie ‘Perfect Storm.’ The vessel was on day 40 of an…
On Tuesday of last week, I forewent my annual warm-coated pre-dawn visit to the Cambridge cenotaph to take part in a very simple yet moving gathering at our village in Lauriston Park. It was at…
