Local Opinion

A recent article on immigration in a daily newspaper had a provocative headline: ‘Optimum Population: Govt Immigration Statement should allow 4 million more people’. One argument was that New Zealand currently has two job vacancies…

Spring has sprung and it’s been great to see the sunshine again. Not everyone has had a warm house in which to sleep during winter however. Of late, I have had a few discussions around…

Hello from our Police hub. This week I had the pleasure of joining Eileen and Kathy from Cambridge Neighbourhood Support and Terry Johnston of Secranet  to meet with Tamahere locals around crime prevention. I appreciated…

Well, the local body hustings season is upon us. The aspirants for high office have been declared and their photos were shown last week. Colourful hoardings will start to appear, and many people will make…

By the time this column goes to print, Cambridge Police staff will have moved into our new base on Victoria Street. So exciting! Early on Monday, I attended the blessing of the new building with…

My retirement village resident activities last week took me to Wellington to the Beehive – not the apiary version. For a day we discussed matters pertaining to the welfare of the almost 50,000 people who…

Hello again, I hope you have all had a good week. The team here have definitely had a very busy one. Something that came to light for me was the impact that misinformation can have…

I grew up in Te Awamutu. Our township was my playground, knocking about with mates, riding bikes and playing cricket and rugby in vacant lots. As an adult, I’ve also spent time living in Cambridge,…

The word ‘race’ as a noun has a number of meanings. There is of course the ‘race’ you run, a competition, and if you win you celebrate, if you lose you commiserate.  Then there is…

I wanted to share some good catches made by the team over the last few weeks. A male from out of town tried to steal two televisions from a retailer. He was confronted by store…