Just before 6pm on Saturday, June 8, a blue Plymouth rumbles up to the Sir Don Rowlands Event Centre at Lake Karāpiro. Isla Gerrand, Amy Wright and Jess Stewart climb out of the 50-year-old car…
Just before 6pm on Saturday, June 8, a blue Plymouth rumbles up to the Sir Don Rowlands Event Centre at Lake Karāpiro. Isla Gerrand, Amy Wright and Jess Stewart climb out of the 50-year-old car…
Scout leaders learned how to build emergency shelters in Pirongia Forest Park recently. The leaders, kaiarahi or mentors, were challenged to build emergency shelters from material found lying on the bush floor. While trampers should…
Farmers will address the critical challenges facing the rural community at this year’s National Agricultural Fieldays. Fieldays has partnered with Federated Farmers to launch a Rural Advocacy Hub at the southern hemisphere’s biggest agricultural event,…
Thank you, Peter Nicholl (Talking Economics, May 20) for raising the third world issue. New Zealand still seems to be under the impression we are part of the rich world. We are not, nor have…
Waikato Regional Council has made a submission on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill. It outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the proposed changes, with a focus on ensuring…
Beef and dairy farmers don’t typically work together, but that will soon change if Bob Thomson gets his way. Thomson, an Agfirst agribusiness consultant of 50 years’ experience, is leading a project he hopes will…
A set of heritage panels revealing the backstory to Cambridge’s Lakewood development are delighting both locals and visitors. Finishing touches to the panels went in last month, brought to this point by a group keen…
Smile and wave – that was the take home message bicycle retailer Justin Bax gave the women who attended a women’s’ bike maintenance course last week. “It’s across the board really for blokes and girls,”…
Waste water, carbon emissions, river pipeline and roading changes were some of the issues covered at Fonterra Hautapu’s annual meeting with its community last month. All bar a couple of seats at the factory’s training…
As a child, I listened spellbound to a speaker describing dare-devil exploits of courageous French acrobat and gymnast, Charles Blondin. Blondin’s bizarre stunts on a tightrope stretching above the Niagara Falls between America and Canada,…
