If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…
If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…
When this column goes to print, Anzac Day will have already been celebrated in time honoured tradition at dawn and civic ceremonies across Waipā. I am proud that I will have again represented Cambridge Police,…
I clearly remember my last night before I moved out of home to Hamilton for the start of my university education. I was terrified and struggled to get to sleep. Having lived in the same…
While meeting with good friends in a coffee shop over the weekend we discussed the growing spate of burglaries – many of which are directed at suburban dairies. We discussed the CCTV footage that shows…
The growth of Cambridge in recent years has been almost bewildering. When I first moved here 23 years ago the journey from Bruntwood into town was mostly through open country. Now it’s a different story….
Waikato Regional Council recently adopted a new strategic direction which sets out its priorities are for the next three years. It replaces our earlier strategic direction the previous council adopted and reflects there is a…
We have had an eventful couple of weeks in Cambridge. Staff executed warrants at two Cambridge addresses around methamphetamine supply and again recovered evidence not only for drug offending, but also multiple items from Waipā…
The Reserve Bank surprised almost everyone by raising the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points on April 5. In the preceding two weeks, both the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of Australia…
I have signed up for ChatGPT. According to itself, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can generate human-like responses to natural language queries. So I said: please write 500 words on ‘Why the…
A property near where our family lives had a beautiful 12-metre-high specimen tree in the front garden. Unfortunately, Cyclone Gabrielle left it leaning at 45 degrees, with a bulging root ball bursting through the neatly…
