Local Opinion

Letters to editor – 11 September 2025

Number check Recently the future of regional councils has been raised and my immediate thoughts were that is only part of the question so I decided to find out just how the Waikato Regional Council…

Catching the culprits

Starting with a few good catches, last Wednesday, Cambridge Police executed a search  warrant in Leamington in relation to a Ute that had been stolen from the Coromandel peninsula two weeks prior. The ute, and…

Charting the Unknown

Right now, my work is focused on assessing geological hazards across vast expanses of the seafloor, encompassing volcanic activity and deposits, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and just about everything else you could imagine. The learning curve…

Letters to the Editor 4 September 2025

Hide your rubbish I’m a Hamilton resident who very much enjoys weekly visits to Cambridge and regards your small town as surely one of the prettiest destinations in New Zealand, save one aspect – the…

Chasing the votes

Observing the hustings in action is a cross between a third-grade rugby scrum and a beauty competition. The well-run Grey Power meeting last week became very boring – due to the repetition of the candidates…

Genuine versus fake

Travelling through Turkey one day, I encountered a fascinating bazaar selling diverse products. One store boldly paraded a strange sign which made me laugh. This sign offered “genuine fake watches” for sale, featuring designer watch…

Lost ….. and found

Receiving lost and found property is one task undertaken by our Station Support Officers, at the Cambridge and Te Awamutu Public counter. Over the years we have had a wide variety of items handed in,…

Hidden music of volcanoes

As we move through our days, much of our experience comes from different forms of energy, carried by waves. We detect light with our eyes, temperature with our skin, and sound with our ears. Sound…

On the Hustings

Last week we discussed how much – or little – Waipā District Council was spending on print advertising for the election campaign. If your digital feed is full of Waipā adverts, that is where your…

These rates are not high

As expected, the reserve bank cut their Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to three  per cent last week. This decision was reasonable. Both the Bank of England the the Reserve Bank of Australia…

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