Supervolcanoes are perhaps the megastar of volcano misinformation, they get the flashiest headlines designed to grab attention with little to no facts involved. During my eight years in the United States I spoke to a…
Supervolcanoes are perhaps the megastar of volcano misinformation, they get the flashiest headlines designed to grab attention with little to no facts involved. During my eight years in the United States I spoke to a…
On 19 February 1975 Ngāuruhoe, our most active volcano at the time, produced one of the more violent recent eruptions in Aotearoa. The seven-hour event launched an ash plume of pulverized rock and hot gases…
A basic longing all human beings have is to feel ‘connected’. In Tom Hanks’ movie, Cast Away he plays a Fed-Ex executive who survives a plane crash and finds himself alone, marooned on an island…
Anyone who has watched television programmes where people retrace their family history will know it can be a fraught experience. Tragic stories of babies born out of wedlock, lives lost far too young, injustices and…
Some of you may have noticed a name change at the top of the column today. Please be reassured it is still me, Deb (Thurgood that was). I have simply now returned to my maiden…
In early 2021, I addressed the subject of begging. An increase in people asking for money on our streets again prompts me to mention it. Then, as now, there are sometimes people who find themselves…
Having written last week about how people should stop doing whatever it is they have done successfully in the past before it becomes unseemly, I find that I’ve been required to give the matter a…
The Cambridge Community Board wishes to extend its thanks to the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade, Waipā Networks, Waipā District Council staff and all those in our community who helped with the response and clean-up after…
Travelling north back towards Cambridge at the weekend my front left wheel slammed into a huge pothole just south of Turangi. My (earlier) maritime background has fitted me for suitable voluble expletives for such unplanned…
“What’s the biggest room in the world? Answer- the room for improvement.” That’s something I was told a long time ago. It’s helped motivate me at times when the damaging effect of other’s discouraging words…
