Local Opinion

‘…documentaries and tv shows can also be surprisingly inaccurate.’ Over the years I have responded to eruptions by giving information through social media and over 200 media interviews around the world. This has meant that…

‘…we are still showing net annual loss of indigenous biodiversity in our district.’ We have begun the process of updating our Long Term Plan starting with the community outcomes that will shape our focus. Our…

First of all, I again have some reminders for the community. I’d like to remind everyone to secure your vehicles whenever you are not in them. We continue to have an increased trend of cars…

With the popular and meaningful Anzac Day commemorations over for another year, the Cambridge Community Board is setting its sights on our dream of a new library and community hub. The board imagines a library…

It might seem like a cop-out to write about the teenagers again, but they are the source that keeps on giving. He’s got his driving licence now, and completed a defensive driving course, but it’s…

If there was a budget blowout of $10 billion in the health or education areas, it would be the subject of intense criticism and recrimination. There has been a $10 billion blowout in the cost…

While conversing with an older couple, the wife described how she did not share in the slightest, her husband’s enthusiastic, avid passion for golf. She described earlier years in their marriage where she felt abandoned-…

If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…

When this column goes to print, Anzac Day will have already been celebrated in time honoured tradition at dawn and civic ceremonies across Waipā. I am proud that I will have again represented Cambridge Police,…

I clearly remember my last night before I moved out of home to Hamilton for the start of my university education. I was terrified and struggled to get to sleep. Having lived in the same…