Local Opinion

Talking about context

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…

Looking at work in the town centre

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…

Look for the signs

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…

Bloody good news – we told you so!

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…

Getting our plans sorted

The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to…

Hope for a confused world

The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is acclaimed as a giant in world literature and his epic work War and Peace is recognised as one of the finest novels ever written. Tolstoy wrote in depth about…

Putting it in context

A ‘preamble’ to a treaty or a contract in general terms provides the context of what led to the parties’ engaging in a contract or treaty process and the goals they will pursue in their…

Stanford’s great support

About 25 years ago I made a friendship with an American logistics consultant while he was visiting New Zealand. It resulted in our visiting him and staying at his home in San Jose, California. On…

Fissure eruptions

We volcanologists love our terminology. Having specific words with defined, agreed upon meanings helps us to effectively communicate ideas, and compare events at different volcanoes and through time. Often though, the meanings are lost and…

Keep it to yourself…

Continuing on my recent retail theft topic, we have become aware of a spate of thefts of handbags and wallets. What has made these thefts easier, is the habit many people have of putting them…

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