Size doesn’t matter
Yvonne Steel called The News office on Monday because she was excited at the success of her work in the vege patch. Her beefsteak tomatoes were huge – and the behemoth pumpkin seeds from Mitre…
Yvonne Steel called The News office on Monday because she was excited at the success of her work in the vege patch. Her beefsteak tomatoes were huge – and the behemoth pumpkin seeds from Mitre…
His Leamington workshop is a visual tribute to his skills as a painter and a framer. John Chrisp has spent the last 18 years putting people’s memories in the frame – but this week he…
Update Thursday 8 February 2.40pm The country’s stance on waste to energy plants could become standardised as a result of a Waipā District Council decision, the company behind an application for one in Te Awamutu…
In eight years he and his staff at Challenge in Duke St, Cambridge, have endured three ramraids, three burglaries – and as of last Friday, an armed robbery. Oh, and there was also the incident…
Chambers of commerce are lauding the benefits of highway investment – and looking forward to seeing the Cambridge to Piarere stretch completed. Research commissioned by the Northern Infrastructure Forum shows that if the Cambridge to…
The bad news is that your milk bottle tops, and millions of other blue caps, are going to landfill. The good news is that a standardised kerbside recycling programme launched across the country this week…
Auckland based pet food company Butch has defended the use of garlic in one of its products for dogs, saying the level used presents no risk. The News reader Emile Valkenborg raised the issue before…
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce members are among those questioning the decision to repair the town’s clock while the district awaits a major rate increase. A tongue in cheek post from the Chamber – which asked…
Health New Zealand’s chief clinical advisor is encouraging people to look only at “trusted sources of information” when trying to find answers to health questions. Sharon Sime, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Chief…
ACC is providing rongoā Māori – traditional Māori healing – at this week’s national Waka Ama championships. Its partnership with Waka Ama is part of a strategy, Huakina Te Rā, which has the vision of…
