High inflation, rising interest rates and storm damage to roading mean Waikato District Council might have to lift rates for the coming year as high as double the 3.5% rise anticipated back in 2021. The…
High inflation, rising interest rates and storm damage to roading mean Waikato District Council might have to lift rates for the coming year as high as double the 3.5% rise anticipated back in 2021. The…
I love a good action movie, and if they have an eruption or some other geological disaster as a plot line I am in. With field work at Mount Doom (Ngāuruhoe) last week and making…
In the early hours of January 23, Black Sticks goalkeeper Leon Hayward walked out onto the bright blue turf at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India, with New Zealand’s hopes resting on his shoulders. The Black…
Cam O’Leary batted sensibly to take St Peter’s through to victory.Flynn Morey’s man of the match 5-52 backed up by Xavier Bell’s all-round effort with bat, ball and in the field saw St Peter’s School,…
This week I attended facilitator training for the Loves Me Not programme which will be delivered to Year 12 students later this month. The programme was developed following the murder of Sophie Elliott by her…
I am writing these words in the early morning dawn of the first morning after retarding the clocks – a still morning that I suspect will herald a cool day. One of those mornings when…
After coming tantalisingly close to winning Cambridge Middle School’s Mullet of the Month competition in 2022, Fenix Clifton was desperate to take out this year’s title. So, last Wednesday, as screaming spectators crowded around a…
If Nancy Sinatra’s boots were made for walkin’, Allysia Kraakman’s shoes were clearly made for running. And she’s set her sights on lacing them up again soon, having proven they’re clearly capable of doing so…
Waipā’s Heritage Fund, which has distributed more than $650,000 over a decade to organisations throughout the district, is in for its first significant shake up since its establishment in 2012. The fund has an annual…
By Pastor Ken Keyte, Cambridge Baptist Church During our recent church services at Cambridge Baptist we have been taking a few minutes to hear someone from our congregation share their faith story. We have heard…
