Local Opinion

Burglars are active

Hope everyone is keeping well and staying safe throughout the school holiday break. We are encouraging residents and rural landowners to remain vigilant following recent reports of burglaries in Te Kuiti, Ōtorohanga and the surrounding…

A challenging time

It’s been another busy week with a range of incidents across the King Country and the surrounding areas. A 20-year-old male was arrested at an address in Te Awamutu. This individual had been moving between…

Letters to the Editor – 25 September 2025

Debt debate I read with interest the report on the recent mayoral candidates debate. The art of smoke and mirrors around debt was to the fore. No matter which way we look at it the…

Spring and savagery

I’ve been enjoying reading Roland and Betty Clark’s biography, he was well known as the columnist Nor Wester for a generation of readers

Panic in the headlines

“Tourists warned of volcano (in capital letters) alert in Spanish holiday hotspot as locals urged to leave homes”

What happened to Rose?

When Rose Harding went missing in July 1905 mystery surrounded the affair.

Letters to the editor

Bed tax

Charting the unknown

Right now, my work is focused on assessing geological hazards across vast expanses of the seafloor, encompassing volcanic activity and deposits, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and just about everything else you could imagine.

Planning those forests

There’s a rising tide of opposition to carbon farming on our hills, and some of the opposition is justified, and some of it’s not.

Wanted? Talk to us

Residents may have noticed an increased police presence around the King Country area over the last couple of weeks.

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