Local Opinion

You get one chance …

A few years ago, we were blessed with the extension of the Waikato Expressway which relieved Cambridge of a high number of mainstream vehicles including many large trucks. Retailers have benefitted enormously as a result…

Don’t keep us waiting

Across Waipa, Te Awamutu and Cambridge Police have definitely been kept busy this week. In the police we have a saying, ‘see something, do something’. It is something we would like our community to embrace…

Letters to Editor – 3 October 2024

Arbitrage It was a relief to read a letter (Cambridge News, September 26) which rightly challenged the earlier comments by Waipa District Council’s deputy chief executive, Ken Morris, with regard low risk arbitrage deals involving…

Our local rock celebrities

We have five geological features in New Zealand that have recently received recognition for being “of the highest scientific value”, with “the world’s best demonstrations of geologic features and processes”. That’s pretty cool. The International…

Payments out of balance

I wrote a column in June 2023 under the title “Worry about the balance of payments, not the recession’. At that time, New Zealand had a current account deficit of $31 billion, or 8.5 per…

Are there different paths?

Earlier this month Pope Francis was in Singapore concluding an Asian and Pacifica trip. Before the 12 hour trip back to Rome, he spoke to an ‘inter-religious’ gathering of young people. Apparently going off script…

Is the timing right?

A clamp down on daytime parking in Cambridge has left some commuters scrambling for positions. The Alpha St carpark, popular with workers who are based in and around Victoria St is now usually full by…

Letters to Editor – 26 September 2024

Hoofing it Your article on ‘Riding for respect’ ( The News, September 19) reminded me of a related experience I had in Hamilton about 70 years ago. As a member of the Light Horse Club…

Heading for Bihoro

Waipā District Council gives the Cambridge Community Board the responsibility of looking after two important delegations. One is the organisation and delivery of meaningful Anzac and Armistice Day commemorations and the second is maintaining and…

Hear it – call it in

As I write this column, I have finished a busy shift which included recovering three stolen cars. Thank you to the members of the public for noticing the tell-tale signs of a stolen vehicle, and…

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