On October 4 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to make no change in the Official Cash Rate and left it at 5.5 per cent. I have been very critical of a lot of…
On October 4 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to make no change in the Official Cash Rate and left it at 5.5 per cent. I have been very critical of a lot of…
On October 19 we have the New Zealand Shakeout earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, a chance to practice what to do in an earthquake, as well as a tsunami evacuation walk if you are near…
On Saturday we go to the polls for a general election. It will determine the make-up of our government for the next three years, deciding which parties and which MPs are elected to form our…
I’m back at work this week and arrived to news of a great catch over the weekend. Last Friday, the team responded to a driving complaint. They successfully located the vehicle on Victoria Street. Due…
Deputy Mayor Liz Stolwyk is in France as part of a Waipā delegation attending the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum. She filed this column from Le Quesnoy for readers of The News. It…
I hope everyone is having a good school holiday time. When you read this, I like many others will be off duty, taking time out for some quality time with my family this week. Firstly,…
In light of recent news reports of hikers being rescued from the Tongariro/Ngāuruhoe volcanic complex, I hope it will help to share how I get ready for fieldwork as a volcanologist. Seeing hikers who are…
The local government reform process continues at a slow pace and road deaths make grim reading. The fact that Local Government New Zealand have chosen not to make some of the issues raised in the…
The right to vote is one of those “must have” acts for which many have fought – and died – in the past. Ask the lady who threw herself under the King’s horse in England…
One day we went to visit an older lady who in earlier years had been a significant force in our community. Her days of expending practical care for others had ended and needing a little…
