There are plenty of shaggy dog tales in sport, but when it comes to sheepdog trials’ Bayley’s Shield, the narrative couldn’t be more straightforward – King Country has the silverware all locked up. Having lifted…
There are plenty of shaggy dog tales in sport, but when it comes to sheepdog trials’ Bayley’s Shield, the narrative couldn’t be more straightforward – King Country has the silverware all locked up. Having lifted…
The home of the Tainui waka anchor stone will showcase the diversity and vibrancy of Maniapoto hapu at the largest Te Nehenehenui Tribal Festival since the event began in 2014. Tainui Wētere Domain in Mōkau…
Applications are open for six on farm science scholarships offered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. The scholarships, worth a total of $30,000, are on offer for the 2026 academic year to tertiary students enrolled…
The supreme winner of the Waikato Farm Environment Awards, Tor Pedersen, is urging others to enter next year’s awards. “Just go for it,” said Pedersen, of Broomore Farm near Raglan. His family has run a…
Jayden Corbett was motivated after hearing and reading about whole-farm conversions to carbon forestry. “It didn’t sit right with me,” he said. “I’m a young guy starting out a career in sheep and beef and…
Federated Farmers is urging the Environmental Protection Authority to fast track the assessment of new treatments to fight New Zealand’s biggest agricultural pest. Native scarab beetle costelytra giveni, commonly known as native grass grub, costs…
The term Mamil – Middle-Aged Man in Lycra – was coined by marketing gurus 15 years ago. Over the weekend, the Grassroots Cambridge Velodrome was full of them – and their female counterparts – at…
Cambridge Football Club served up a feast of football on Sunday as six matches stacked the schedule. The action kicked off at John Kerkhof Park at 10am, as the club’s U14 Talent Development Programme team…
Founding member of the Waipā Holstein Friesian Club, Brian Knutson, is tickled pink with the honorary life membership award bestowed on him at the club’s recent 50th jubilee celebrations. The retired farmer, who became the…
I am undertaking the brutal adjustment of coming from the oppressive, dusty heatwaves in Spain to mid-winter New Zealand – going from long, sunny days on the islands to frosty mornings. Several weeks ago now,…
