I was going to write this column about the Commerce Commission’s recent report on competition in our banking system – and I will do that in my next column. But there is something I experienced…
I was going to write this column about the Commerce Commission’s recent report on competition in our banking system – and I will do that in my next column. But there is something I experienced…
An independent residents survey has revealed over half of the community believes the primary role of the Cambridge Community Board is to advocate for its residents. This response supports the importance and expectations that residents…
An ugly road rage incident occurred recently when a driver in the outside lane of a motorway became annoyed at being ‘tailgated’ by a frustrated driver behind him. The driver in front moved left to…
A $40 million injection to the Waipā economy was announced on Thursday morning, and hopefully I was not the only dairy farmer celebrating. To my wife’s amazement, I took my family out for a curry…
This week a counterfeit $50 note was presented at a local business. Where there is one note, there may be more. The Reserve Bank website provides comprehensive information around key identifying features of legal tender….
Sitting inside trying (failing) to keep warm, I find myself daydreaming about Kiwi summers. Something that is part of our culture is heading to the beach, and having spent years overseas I can truly appreciate…
Occasionally I decide to use these opinion pieces to give the local district council a nudge or a serve regarding their tired – and sometimes tiring – efforts to balance democracy with physical reality. Aka,…
The phrase to “finish well” no doubt means different things to different people. Our values and the criteria we use to determine what ‘success’ is, will shape whether we think we’re on a trajectory to…
Reporting crime at the time it happens is something I mention regularly in this column and when speaking in our community. I place importance on it as when we have crime spikes such as overnight…
Thinking about time as someone who studies the Earth can get a bit weird. Volcanic activity spans hundreds of thousands, and even millions of years. We consider a volcano that has erupted within the past…
