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…
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…
I attended an economics conference at Waikato University on February 15 and 16. The topics discussed included the future of agriculture, the state of the health sector, demographic changes, the tax system, social investment, trade…
We are often challenged in how we interact with and relate to matters of interest and issues of importance, Often with matters of mere interest it’s simply a quick and easy reaction to and/or with…
A lot of construction activity is happening in the Cambridge Central Business District. With the Cambridge Pathway Plan well underway, the community board is encouraging residents to keep their ‘eyes on the prize’ which we…
This week I have been asked to highlight a situation around our vulnerable elderly. Search and rescue were recently deployed after an elderly male did not return to his Waipa home after walking off. Neighbours…
Update – 12.30pm Friday 23 February – Media Release New Zealand Blood Service People who lived in the United Kingdom, France or Republic of Ireland between 1980 and 1996 for six months or more during…
