The 2023 election campaign is well and truly underway and the various parties have been revealing their policy platforms. What has struck me as both interesting and concerning is the huge disconnect between two of…
The 2023 election campaign is well and truly underway and the various parties have been revealing their policy platforms. What has struck me as both interesting and concerning is the huge disconnect between two of…
What are you opening your life to? Are you watchful with influences you allow into your life – or your family’s? The fact is practices, habits or inclinations which ought to be named as ‘enemies’…
Did you know that over 30 cars have either been stolen or tampered with locally, in the last month alone? It is time for another request for everyone to keep an eye out for any…
Our role as elected members is to advocate for and understand the needs and concerns of all sectors of our community. Recently, Cambridge Community Board has been engaging with the disability sector in Cambridge. Some…
A sojourn in New South Wales last week permitted me to catch up with matters concerning skin. Not the natural dermis that needs washing frequently, but skin as inherited from one’s forefathers (and mothers). A…
Cambridge based Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief Don Good spells out his frustration at Waka Kotahi’s decision to opt for a roundabout rather than a flyover at Piarere. Even the most hardened transport scientist would…
A Brit, a Jamaican, and a Kiwi sit in a kitchen on the side of a volcanic island talking about what would happen to us if the volcano above erupted… We have been struggling through…
On July 12 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent. For the second time in a row, I think they got their decision right….
Following legislation that was passed by the Government in 2020, the Freshwater Farm Plan regulations were published in June requiring pastoral or arable land use of more than 20ha and/or horticultural land of more than…
In early July, as America’s ‘big birthday’ drew close, I‘d noticed the volume of messaging along the lines of ‘freedom’ had been intense! Maybe the ‘freedom’ focus was just on my radar, but it certainly…
