Arrividerci hustings – I thought we would never get to that point. With the formal swearing in of newly elected representatives we can lurch out into the actions of promissory vote-catching utterances and measure subsequent…
Arrividerci hustings – I thought we would never get to that point. With the formal swearing in of newly elected representatives we can lurch out into the actions of promissory vote-catching utterances and measure subsequent…
Starting off with the week in review – after stopping a driver for excess speed in Ōhaupō, staff smelt cannabis. They conducted a vehicle search under the Search and Surveillance act, locating drugs, utensils, an…
Jolted I am not from Cambridge but am babysitting friends’ house in Leamington, very near Wordsworth and Burns streets intersection. I was jolted out of my bed at five minutes to four in the morning…
A first eruption holds a special place in every volcanologist’s heart. Mine was in 2013 near Kagoshima city, located at the southern end of Kyushu Island in Japan. I was there for a volcanology conference…
On October 8 the Reserve Bank reduced its Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points to 2.5 per cent. They were widely congratulated and many commentators thought they should reduce the Official Cash Rate by…
A top-level rugby player has been eluding accolades and the spotlight which commonly attends sporting stars. In spite of having been a dependable top contributor for years, he’s never caught the headlines though he’s kept…
Big bang theories I read with interest the letter on the mystery noises (The News, October 16). I’ve been living in Cambridge for four years now and was previously living in Cambridge Park where I…
We have been kept busy in the last week in Cambridge. Last Thursday, I received a report of a recidivist shoplifter having offended in Karapiro. We located and stopped his vehicle and he was quickly…
Last week I took a short hiatus from this column as I had a busy time moving down to Wellington, and I have had a fairly typical welcome. I had emotionally prepared myself for the…
The old saying, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” was illustrated last month at a Christies’ art auction held in Hong Kong. A 1944 painting created by famous Spanish painter and sculptor, Pablo…
