It was great to see so many people attend our Anzac Day services to honour our fallen last Thursday. As the speakers said, it seems even more pertinent in the current times. I was honoured…
It was great to see so many people attend our Anzac Day services to honour our fallen last Thursday. As the speakers said, it seems even more pertinent in the current times. I was honoured…
Our central North Island volcanoes have lulled us into a false sense of security. I recently spent a day around Red Crater on Tongariro surrounded by evidence of recent eruptions and, wow, what a gorgeous…
Last Thursday, Anzac Day summoned our nation to remember back to 1915 when Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at Gallipoli in Turkey. That woeful, ill-conceived episode engaged some 16,000 Kiwi soldiers. About…
Fifty years ago, Leonard Danvers and Joe Stack were on the threshold of their ordination as Catholic priests – naive young men, they told Viv Posselt. They were on the cusp of a lifelong commitment…
Marcus and son Samuel Gower with Warwick and Cam Emmett got the opportunity to do the Outward Bound Leaps and Bounds eight day course through a generous scholarship from Outward Bound Trust and the Te…
“The biggest volcano in *placename* is set to erupt!” Something along those lines have splashed across headlines through the years and it always gets an eyeroll from me. It’s not the size of the volcano…
The stats department released the Consumers’ Price Index (CPI) for the year to March 31 on April 17 and it was initially viewed positively. The CPI grew by four per cent compared with 4.7 per…
I had assumed my hearing was 100 per cent until a recent routine hearing check revealed it’s good, but I ‘miss a few frequencies’ Missing a few isn’t unusual so I’m fine with that. You’re…
This week I am taking inspiration from my Te Awamutu counterpart Ryan Fleming to bring you a week in review for Cambridge frontline staff. Monday (April 15) – a male was reported for assaulting his…
As I write – or rather tap out – this opinion piece the first rays of dawn-driven light are starting to reveal the skyscraper ringed harbour that services the bustling metropolis that is Hong Kong….
