The News ran an article in September headlined Fluoride call still a mystery. I’m not sure why The News is still finding the fluoride “call” a mystery. Perhaps they’re not listening to and reporting facts…
The News ran an article in September headlined Fluoride call still a mystery. I’m not sure why The News is still finding the fluoride “call” a mystery. Perhaps they’re not listening to and reporting facts…
I hope you all had a relaxing long weekend. Did you know, the ‘geography of fear’ relates to how an individual’s perception of their personal safety varies across a given area. This can be influenced…
In this fast-moving age it is clear that adherence to social media brings with it a distancing from history. Or rather the more pleasant sides of history that formed part of the standards of the…
I hope the first week of term four has gone well. In a recent column, I spoke about supports that were available to parents and caregivers of children and the process for making a report…
Dishonesty offences are on my radar this week, specifically commercial and rural burglaries of which we have had a few in recent weeks. It is common for offenders based outside of Cambridge to come into…
Election comment Well, the great lead-up and excitement heralding last week’s local body elections fizzled out as a damp squib in voter turnout terms. Pitifully low interest was shown – most of which was possibly…
The terms doves and hawks are drawn from foreign policy. Doves take a diplomatic approach to foreign policy problems, hawks favour an aggressive approach. Recently, these terms have been often used often to describe central…
We asked columnist Peter Nicholl to discuss the ramifications of the fall in value of our dollar. The Kiwi dollar has been in the news over the last few days for all the wrong reasons….
It was an interesting weekend down in Wellington where local body elections are in full swing. Three serious candidates for mayor (one currently the incumbent). Sound familiar? In Wellington the local news describes them all…
Greetings all, I hope you have had a good week and our families are enjoying a break from school routines. This week I wanted to explain bail conditions as it is a topic that people…
