Local Opinion

The phrase ‘down on the farm’ is taking on a worrying meaning these days. What’s going down on the farm today are the prices for the things farmers produce and export. Wool prices are so…

Last weekend I was having breakfast with friends who experienced Cyclone Gabrielle in the Hawkes Bay area. As is natural for many conversations in my life, it started out talking about eruptions, then moved on…

An aged aunty, who was special to me, passed away just before her 100th birthday. She often remarked that time had ‘flown by’ in spite of having a lifetime spanning almost a century. I guess…

Previously I have put out messaging to students via schools and this column, around not cycling on the footpath in the Victoria Street central business district. Last week we had a crash involving a car…

It has been great to hear from young library users and understand their thoughts and opinions on the need for a new library in Cambridge. Part of the board’s focus is to maintain an overview…

There is a phenomenon arising, phoenix-like, near the Cambridge Golf Club. Actually, not really arising, but sinking – as in becoming a huge hole. This in the shape of a projected quarry to add output…

Imagine the ‘future fame’ being potentially walked past on Cambridge streets when talented buskers are performing. I once witnessed unbelievably gifted performers and artists busking as I wandered a Dublin street. It was here an…

Last night (as I write this) there was a live burning of a house in Levin aired on Seven Sharp to show the realities of such an event. My household watched the fire quickly grow…

I have been out and about again meeting with a few community groups this week, both as part of the Elder Abuse awareness campaign with Violence Free Waipa and independently in my role as Community…

I love ‘The Book of Heroic Failures’… it’s a hilarious compilation of people attempting things that resulted in spectacular failure. One standout from 1983 was a Californian sunbather seeking a perfect tan. Going for better…