I’m back. After a six month hiatus working in Hamilton I have decided there is “no place like home” and I have returned to my substantive position as community constable for Te Awamutu. I particularly…
I’m back. After a six month hiatus working in Hamilton I have decided there is “no place like home” and I have returned to my substantive position as community constable for Te Awamutu. I particularly…
The slogan “Make America Great Again”, used in a certain Presidential campaign, grasped at the heart of many people throughout the world. One of the reasons it was so influential was because it spoke of…
Difficulties experienced during the past year by Te Awamutu’s St John’s church were outlined at the annual meeting of parishioners. The church had lost the services of two valued members, with one going to war and another…
Babe movie Regarding the letter from Carol Turner (The News April 3). I would like to advise that the accolade mentioned for the screenings of Babe at the Regent Theatre was misplaced. The Community Event…
We don’t predict eruptions – we forecast them. I sigh every time a headline boldly claims that new research will allow us to predict volcanic eruption. The word predict implies precision: saying exactly what will…
Every bend, every nook and every corner of the Puniu River as well as numerous snags were searched by Constables Gillies and Rudd and several settlers in the hunt for 23-year-old George Savage. He had…
Forrest Gump was most famously quoted as saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” But what you may not remember, he was also known for saying, “I…
I’ve been thinking about the vast, interconnected processes that shape our world. As a geoscientist – someone who studies the Earth – I work across scales that range from thousands of kilometres down to microscopic…
Councillor responds In response to my recent story on kiwi, Selwyn June stated incorrectly that 90 kiwi were released back into the Okahu Valley (which skirts Te Urewera). See: response The Department of Conservation stated…
Yesterday it rained properly for the first time this year. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but that’s how it feels to me at least. And not just me. Everyone was talking about the rain. “You can…
