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…
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…
Following on from last month’s column, your Community Board got together to go over our strategic plan, assess how we are doing and to finalise our priorities through to the end of our term. As…
Salt is part of our everyday lives, whether we are eating it or swimming in ocean water. Before it reaches our kitchens, salt is collected in several ways. One method involves evaporating salty water, leaving…
Te Awamutu township was in a somewhat excited state over the proposal to do away with the present bowling and tennis sites and have new grounds made on Victoria Park. There was some opposition to…
Kiwi debate Clyde Graf’s opinion piece (The News, March 20) on kiwi releases from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain casts unfounded aspersions on efforts to protect brown kiwi. He is also ill-informed about the practice of taking…
It was good to see lots of whānau at the Balloons over Waipa event in Te Awamutu last Friday. In Cambridge on Sunday, a similarly positive crowd cheered on Maadi rowers as they began the…
