Local Opinion

How far back does online social media go? As far as the dawn of time if you’re under 20. Everything you’ve ever texted, posted, liked, or commented still exists as a series of ones and…

We had another great community tip-off last week around suspicious activity. A Maungatautari local observed a Subaru vehicle with no registration plates driving slowly around a dead-end rural road, seemingly scoping out properties. He called…

A third bridge in Cambridge is becoming critical as Cambridge’s population grows by the minute, yet it appears that it’s not a priority for Government. News that the Waipa District Council has extended the public…

The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) came into force in December 2021. At the end of January, 2022, an investigation was announced because of the huge number of complaints made by disgruntled prospective…

Hello again everyone I hope you are having a good week. I wanted to acknowledge the increased reporting we are seeing from the Cambridge community. It really helps us to get a true picture of…

I am forever stowing my glasses on top of my head when I need to look at something which is further away than my computer screen. Often, if that thing is the television, I can…

Over the recent dry and hot weeks many people have stayed home to lie low – or to await the return of students to school or a number of reasons. Doors and windows were wide…

I hope you had a good long weekend. For us, it involved several reports of burglary across town – not the sort of thing to which you want to come home. Sometimes it is the…

School is back! This means there are again large numbers of children commuting on our roads. They are on foot, bikes and scooters and there is an increase in vehicular traffic, especially around school drop…

Facebook has become a preferred communication tool for Covid and crimefighting. Police and the Waikato District Health Board are using their Facebook pages to report crime and Covid outbreaks – and not telling print media…