Classic Porsche well ‘doctored’

A Wellington surgeon and his sister said the King Country-Waipa legs of the Targa Rally felt like a homecoming at the weekend. The News caught up with Dynes McConnell and his sister and co-driver Melody…

Forgotten World Adventures – which runs railcarts over the disused railway line between Taumarunui and Stratford – seems to be bucking the trend for visitor numbers. The tourism company has recorded better than expected advanced…

Some working dogs must retire due to age or injuries. Some just never were cut out for farm life. Paul Charman reports on what happens next. Retired Working Dogs was founded more than 10 years…

An active King Country huntaway named Puzzle injured his carpal (wrist) joint at work and had to have a plate put in. But being very engergetic he broke the plate so he was facing either…

“Before there was social media there was amateur, or ham radio, and it’s going to exist long after social media is just a memory.” That’s the view of longtime Te Kūiti radio ham Mick Gannon,…

The idea of locals with bush knowledge forming a rapid response search and rescue group has been floated by Waitomo resident Allen Juno. His suggestion follows the disappearance on Saturday, March 23, of a south…

After hearing a woman was lost in the Northern Pureora Forest, Dominique Fortis took six days off work to search for her. “She was missing in my back yard, in an area I have hunted…

Judy Donovan never came out of the Pureora Forest in late March. She was the subject of an extensive search. Today, speaking exclusively to the King Country News, her daughter tells of the family’s gratitude…

A man described as an iconic stock agent, Alan Douglas (Hizzy) Hiscox died at his Taumarunui home on May 2. In a career stretching back to the 1970s, Alan became a top Central North Island…