“We are so small” I said as I looked up at Ngāuruhoe ahead of us, standing between ancient lava flows towering above us on either side. The younger, black, glassy lava flows that were erupted…
“We are so small” I said as I looked up at Ngāuruhoe ahead of us, standing between ancient lava flows towering above us on either side. The younger, black, glassy lava flows that were erupted…
It has been another busy week in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the range of jobs we deal with, last week saw the team responding to calls for service including family harm, shoplifting,…
It is clear that Waipā District Council has, at long last, come out into the open regarding a future traffic plan for Cambridge. Although, to be more precise, a general domicile for a possible third…
Fencourt’s Andrew Johnstone is known to Good Local Media readers as the subject of a Costa Botes documentary When the Cows Come Home. He has also come out on the side of a planned incinerator…
Have you noticed how many songs carry the theme of ‘moving on’? Gaining inspiration from their circumstances, writers create lyrics about ‘moving on’ – a readily identifiable common reality we’ll all face throughout life. Whether…
I love that volcanoes never cease to amaze me. I spent a few days last week just southeast of Ruapehu assisting two PhD students with their fieldwork. One is working to understand a set of…
Waikato District Council has decided to defer its next Long Term Plan (LTP) until 2025. Using the opportunity offered under legislation repealing the previous Government’s Three Waters programme, the council will switch to an ‘enhanced…
Hello again, I’ll start with some more good work stories. Constable Tuhi recently attended a burglary where a work trailer was stolen from a site address on Thornton Road. His enquiries swiftly identified that the…
Magma is complicated enough. When water enters the scene and mixes with it, things can go haywire. There are different ways to classify eruption styles. One of these ways is through whether water is involved,…
There’s a funny story about a man eager to impart to his son the value of truthfulness whatever it might ‘cost’ in life. He related the story of George Washington being given a hatchet as…
