Local Opinion

The abundance of hay in the Te Awamutu district led to those moving hay stackers taking dangerous risks.  One man had a narrow escape when a stacker caught a power line, which came down on…

“When it comes up it’s already too late” I hear as I listen to US news focused on Hurricane Milton as it moves towards Florida, towards the areas under so much stress from Hurricane Helene….

I always enjoy scrolling through old photos. It helps me recapture special moments spent with people and in places I love. Recently, I came across photos I took in Ketchikan, a small town in Alaska….

This week I want to focus on youth. School has started back up and so often it is when our youth are truant or being negatively influenced by mates that they can end up making…

Two Kihikihi women who wandered off and disappeared two years apart initially had their community baffled. When Arthur White returned home from work one August evening in 1895 and found his wife Jane missing, he…

This week we end the Season of Creation that Christians across cultures and countries celebrated together. Every year, the season ends on the Sunday following St Francis Day. St Francis’ life and ministry was centred…

“This is really bad.” My friend Danni was watching the water cross the highway towards the hotel where she was staying with her dog. Her home, not too far away and at a lower elevation,…

When I was deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Reserve Bank’s investment committee proposed an arbitrage deal. I decided to discuss it with the governor, Don Brash, who had a merchant…

I have mentioned car crime a lot recently. In good news for the week, we have made a great catch with the apprehension of four youths who were responsible for four times attempted unlawful takes…

I read, with much interest, the celebration of the opening of the new Hospice Waikato retail store in Te Awamutu. My late father was a long-term supporter of the work of hospice organisations in New…