Somewhere during my nearly 16-hour-long flight back from the Canary Islands (flight number three!) it hit me that I was on my way home to New Zealand. After 11 years overseas when heading “home” from…
Somewhere during my nearly 16-hour-long flight back from the Canary Islands (flight number three!) it hit me that I was on my way home to New Zealand. After 11 years overseas when heading “home” from…
I hate to sound like a stuck record, but I really need everyone to spread the word around securing vehicles. Coming into work this morning, I have again been told of more cases where vehicles…
During my high school years, I shared classes with an awkward fellow student who struggled socially. Often called a derisive nickname, he was never celebrated. I felt bad for him as he had many likeable…
Trees down, roads closed, electricity outages, slips and flooding – we’ve experienced it all in parts of the Waikato District this year because of Cyclone Gabrielle and other wild weather events. Just a month ago,…
I’m starting this column with good news. Last weekend the team received a complaint of vehicles doing burnouts in the Swayne Road area. As a result of evidence provided by the public, investigations led to…
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…
