Local Opinion

Looking back on a full week

Police had a very busy week last week, but before I start, I would like to remind people that now we are approaching winter and the fog is getting heavier, it is important to stay…

An eye on the radio

When I was a very little lad of about five, I often sat, cross-legged, in front of a mountain of a wireless. Even when I stood up, the curved cabinet of walnut loomed over me….

Our invisible challenges

After years of being made to feel I was fabricating the pain I was in, at 21 years old I was diagnosed as a “classic case” of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). For me this involves variable…

Kīngitanga Māori – Kīngitanga Ingarangi

Good Local Media serves the Waipā district with its main centres of Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In Māori terms this district comes under the mana of King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII both as Māori…

What we’ve been up to

A look back on the week at the Te Awamutu police station. Monday – Police attended a disorder incident in Te Awamutu.  A person had left prior to our arrival and was spoken to by…

It’s all the rage

Do I sometimes wish I was driving James Bond’s Aston Martin? I mean the classic, grey model with all the gadgets designed to wipe out the… other driver … Imagine how satisfying it would be…

Viewing misinformation

‘…documentaries and tv shows can also be surprisingly inaccurate.’ Over the years I have responded to eruptions by giving information through social media and over 200 media interviews around the world. This has meant that…

Trains, choirs, and rabbits

A large crowd gathered at the Te Awamutu train station to farewell their popular stationmaster, Mr J T Long, who was moving on to Feilding.  As the train moved out three hearty cheers were given for Mr…

The Bukowskys

Anna Bukowsky was a spritely 69-year-old, up early on an April morning in 1906.  As the day began at the family farm at Ōhaupō her son left for the creamery and Anna told daughter, Bertha,…

A what-if situation

If disaster struck, what would you take with you? As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows…

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