For most Kiwi high school students, logging onto the NZQA website early on Thursday morning last week brought anxiety, tinged with equal parts dread and nervous expectation, as the results of their year-long NCEA studies…
For most Kiwi high school students, logging onto the NZQA website early on Thursday morning last week brought anxiety, tinged with equal parts dread and nervous expectation, as the results of their year-long NCEA studies…
Audrey Pinfold’s farewell centred on her enthusiastic support of whatever community she belonged to, and to her extensive service with the Order of St John. The 92-year-old, who was born in Hawke’s Bay and died…
Wilfred Giltrap’s January 23 shed sale of vintage tractors, engineering machinery and tools marks a significant turning point in the life of a man whose name is woven into the fabric of New Zealand agriculture….
A successful pest control operation on Mount Pirongia will allow native wildlife there to flourish over summer, says the Department of Conservation (Doc). Predator control was carried out at Pirongia Forest Park last September with…
Several months after publishing a book chronicling her secret struggle with an insidious eating disorder, Poppy Wortman knows her decision to tell her story was worth it. She launched the book, entitled ‘The Tale of…
Cambridge’s purple-clad Fat Bottomed Girls & Guys New Zealand are finalists in Sport Waikato’s 2020 Sport and Active Recreation Awards. They have secured a spot alongside two other finalists in the competition’s Outstanding Active Space…
Almost half the “recycling” put out by Waipā residents is heading straight to landfill. Contaminated recycling is proving to be such a major issue that the Waipā District Council is warning offending residents they will…
Arie Paton used to think published authors were “special humans” – until she became one herself. “I always carried this belief that writers are not actually normal, they’re a cut above us and they can…
The Age of Reason By Peter Carr The Yuletide holiday season in this lovely country has changed over recent years. There was a time – not too far distant – when the three week industrial…
Waipā welcomes more than 130 new New Zealand citizens during 2020 – but most missed the formal ceremony because of Covid restrictions. Citizens from 25 countries including England, India, Fiji, South Africa, India, Cambodia, Australia…
