Loans and liabilities Kevin Wells (letters, October 3) asked “does the council use ratepayers properties as security for loans and [deputy chief executive] Ken Morris replied “No, council does not own the properties”. The council…
Loans and liabilities Kevin Wells (letters, October 3) asked “does the council use ratepayers properties as security for loans and [deputy chief executive] Ken Morris replied “No, council does not own the properties”. The council…
This week I am again prompted to remind you about Facebook fraud. Facebook Marketplace is an unregulated trading platform. While a lot of legitimate people use it, there are equally those recidivist fraudsters who use…
As we come out of winter and into spring, a reminder to landowners that that both the Waikato Regional Council and the Waikato River Authority have contestable funding available to landowners to assist with restoration…
“When it comes up it’s already too late” I hear as I listen to US news focused on Hurricane Milton as it moves towards Florida, towards the areas under so much stress from Hurricane Helene….
Some might draw that conclusion looking at data from the 2023 census. Reporting the results, one media headline said, “More than half the population has no religion”. It went on saying that the proportion of…
Given that silence is golden, the absolute lack of anything positive regarding the forthcoming heavy truck invasion of our lovely town is almost deafening. Except to say that the hard-working Chamber of Commerce and others…
This week I want to focus on youth. School has started back up and so often it is when our youth are truant or being negatively influenced by mates that they can end up making…
“This is really bad.” My friend Danni was watching the water cross the highway towards the hotel where she was staying with her dog. Her home, not too far away and at a lower elevation,…
This time last year I had booked travel to Europe, through the Middle East with an itinerary that encompassed touring Israel. Having visited there a couple of times previously, my anticipation was high. Sadly it…
When I was deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Reserve Bank’s investment committee proposed an arbitrage deal. I decided to discuss it with the governor, Don Brash, who had a merchant…
